There are now about 125,000 fewer voters in Ohio after Sec. of State Frank LaRose removed names from the active voter rolls. Here's how to find out if you're one of them.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The latest mass purge of Ohio voter registration data is not without controversy and has left Democrats calling for a third-party audit.
This is an unnecessary form of voter suppression, Sweeney said. Some Republicans, on the other hand, say that characterization is overdramatic.According to a News 5 analysis, more than 45,000 voters in Northeast Ohio were purged from the state’s voter rolls on Feb. 21. Any person whose voter registration has been purged can immediately reinstate their ability to vote by reregistering on the Secretary’s registration website here or by visiting their county board of elections.There is a reason for the purge, Case Western Reserve University elections law professor Atiba Ellis explained.
The U.S. Supreme Court in 2018 ruled in a 5-4 decision that although Ohio does purge infrequent voters from the registration rolls, its mailing process is sufficient enough grounds to get rid of the individual. That list ended up gaining 30,000 additional incorrectly labeled voters, according to a New York Times report.
"Policymakers who argue that it's important to purge voter lists usually rely on the idea that by having inaccurate lists, there is a risk of fraud," Ellis explained."I tend to be a skeptic of fraud risk by itself as a justification for overzealous purging of voter rolls." "It has to be intentional because we see that there is no voter fraud and the outcome is less people are voting," Sweeney said."We have a purge that we are undergoing right now that is optional.""If [Rep. Sweeney] wants to argue that our voter rolls shouldn't be maintained, then she can make that argument," Nichols said."But, you know, we follow the law.
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