TUE APR 01, 2014 AT 02:09 PM PDT
Federal court rules 2012 Florida voter purge out of bounds
byMeteor BladesFollow
In a 2-1 ruling Tuesday, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals made official what people have been saying for nearly two years: Florida's 11th hour voter purge in 2012 violated the National Voter Registration Act. As Josh Israel reports:
To prevent major changes to the voting lists that could disenfranchise citizens by accidentally removing them close to Election Day, Congress included a provision in the 1993 National Voter Registration Act to prevent any purges during that time. The law, commonly know as the “Motor Voter Act” for its provisions allowing people to register to vote when they get their driver’s license, spelled out:
A State shall complete, not later than 90 days prior to the date of a primary or general election for Federal office, any program the purpose of which is to systematically remove the names of ineligible voters from the official lists of eligible voters.
The point being that people actually eligible to vote might be mistakenly (or intentionally) removed from the rolls closer than 90 days to an election and not have enough time to straighten out the situation.
Please read below the fold for more on this story.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/04/01/1288951/-Federal-court-rules-2012-Florida-voter-purge-out-of-bounds?detail=email
Federal court rules 2012 Florida voter purge out of bounds
byMeteor BladesFollow
In a 2-1 ruling Tuesday, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals made official what people have been saying for nearly two years: Florida's 11th hour voter purge in 2012 violated the National Voter Registration Act. As Josh Israel reports:
To prevent major changes to the voting lists that could disenfranchise citizens by accidentally removing them close to Election Day, Congress included a provision in the 1993 National Voter Registration Act to prevent any purges during that time. The law, commonly know as the “Motor Voter Act” for its provisions allowing people to register to vote when they get their driver’s license, spelled out:
A State shall complete, not later than 90 days prior to the date of a primary or general election for Federal office, any program the purpose of which is to systematically remove the names of ineligible voters from the official lists of eligible voters.
The point being that people actually eligible to vote might be mistakenly (or intentionally) removed from the rolls closer than 90 days to an election and not have enough time to straighten out the situation.
Please read below the fold for more on this story.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/04/01/1288951/-Federal-court-rules-2012-Florida-voter-purge-out-of-bounds?detail=email