Advancement Project and ACLU Sue Michigan Secretary of State Over Unlawful Voter Purging - "Under one voter removal program, the Michigan Department of State, which administers both driver's license and voter registration records, immediately cancels the voter registrations of Michigan voters who obtain driver's licenses in other states instead of issuing the appropriate confirmation of registration notices and following the required voter removal procedures mandated by the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA). According to the Department's own estimations, over 280,000 voters per year are removed from the rolls in this manner. Under the second voter removal program, a Michigan state law requires local clerks to nullify the registrations of newly-registered voters whenever their original voter identification cards are returned by the post office as undeliverable. Detroit elections officials report that nearly 30,000 voters per year in that city alone are removed from the rolls as a result of this state election law, which violates the NVRA and other federal and state laws. The NVRA permits voters to remain on the voter rolls for at least two federal elections after voter registration cards are returned." 9/18/08
GOP Voter Suppression Comes to Wisconsin- A politically timed lawsuit by the state's Republican attorney general may create chaos at polling places on Nov. 4 - "The suit's goal is voter suppression, which would be accomplished by causing delays in voting when people show up on Election Day and are told they are not on voter rolls and then would have to go through the registration process, delaying them and holding up other voters in line behind them." 9/13/08
Three States Accused of Illegally Purging Voter Lists - "While purging voters who move, die or are imprisoned is a routine part of managing elections, the federal law governing purges -- the National Voter Registration Act -- lays out a multiyear process of trying to contact voters to confirm a change of address before deleting them from voter rolls." 7/25/08
What Barriers Stand in Your Way to the Polls? - "Florida's 'no-match, no-vote' law would bar William, for instance, from voting if he registered as Bill. 'There could be a million reasons you don't match. There could be problems in the Social Security database, hyphens in a name or two last names, which many Hispanics have. These people are purged before Election Day.'" 6/4/08