Three States Accused of Illegally Purging Voter Lists

The states are swapping data files to find duplicate names, but civil rights attorneys say they are not following federal law to remove them. J. Gerald Hebert , Susan Gershon Election officials in a handful of states appear to be ignoring the federal law dictating the way registered voters may be purged from voter rolls, civil rights attorneys say. National voting rights groups have contacted officials in Kansas, Michigan and Louisiana in recent weeks because those states appear to be purging registered voters after election officials found duplicate names and birthdays of people on their voter lists and in out-of-state databases, such as driver's license records. The states are assuming that a more recent driver's license or voter registration in another state indicates that the voter has relocated, meaning the voter... [read full story]