The deadline for registering to vote in Virginia’s November 5, 2013 election is Monday, October 14. Meanwhile, the State Board of Elections has obtained a list of 77,000 Virginia voters that allegedly are also registered voters in some other state. The State Board has asked the various County and Independent City Boards to remove these voters from the rolls before the upcoming election.
On October 1, the Democratic Party filed a federal lawsuit to stop the purge, until after the election. The lawsuit alleges that the list has many errors. The lawsuit also points out that federal law does not permit purges to occur closer than 90 days before an election, although that law only relates to federal elections, not elections for state office. Finally, the lawsuit says that a large proportion of the voters on the list registered in some other state as long ago as ten years, and that the same voters moved to Virginia after that time. The case is Democratic Party of Virginia v Virginia State Board of Elections, eastern district, 1:13cv-1218. Here is the Complaint.
Let me guess. State Board is run by Republican party?
Yes, in years when the Governor is a Republican, the Republican Party has a majority on the State Board of Elections.
Which party hack gang has more ANTI-Democracy felons voting in 2 or more States / Fed areas —
Donkeys or Elephants ???
Under the Interstate Voter Registration Crosscheck program, the 25 member states send their voter registration data to a central location where they are matched based on first name/last name/date of birth/last 4 digits of SSN.
Virginia apparently also checked against its own state voter database and removed voters whose Virginia activity was later than that indicated in the other states.
There is another similar project (Electronic Registration Information Center) associated with the Pew Charitable Trusts which has 7 member states (4 states, including Virginia participate in both programs).
The Pew Charitable Trusts report that 1 in 4 of those polled believed their registration is automatically updated when they move.
Where is an InterState Compact / Fed law on the subject for ALL parts of the USA ???
But, of course, do the Donkey regime areas LOVE having felon multiple voting more than Elephant regime areas ???
i.e. ANY means necessary to elect more leftwing Obama Donkey robots at ANY cost ???
Brad –
Republicans have elevated caging to a fine art.
Jim –
The issue here is not whether a purge of voter registrations is valid based on, for instance, change of address. The issue is giving voters the time to register again if they are incorrectly purged from the voter rolls, and that’s why caging efforts like this are always undertaken in the last few weeks of an election cycle.
This is straight out of ALEC’s playbook.
If a voter is incorrectly purged from the voter rolls, and appears at the polls, they may cast a provisional ballot.
Elephants! Oh, my.
Tru –
You’re wasting your time with Jimbo, a known Republican tool.
Sure, they can cast a provisional. And I’ll bet it only takes a second to complete a provisional ballot, and I’ll bet that process does nothing to lengthen the lines to vote in predominantly Democratic precincts. And I’ll bet every voter who finds they’ve been purged knows they can cast a provisional, and that even if there are a few who don’t and decide in disgust to leave the polling place, they are instead counseled to cast a provisional ballot because everyone working every polling place are fully informed on provisionals.
Horseshit, Jimbo. Those aren’t the bets being made by you, by A.L.E.C. and by your fellow anti-democracy, anti-American Republicans.
No, caging is done because it works, and it works best when it’s done just a few weeks before election day, and recently it’s been used almost exclusively by Republicans to suppress votes for their opposition.
Your party is a disgrace, Jimbo.
BS,
27 states now belong to the Interstate Voter Registration Cross Check Program. Maybe even yours.
Tru…
See what I mean?
Jimbo – cite 27 recent examples of caging by democrats and we can talk.
BS,
Did you check whether you live in one of the 27 States?
How much are your annual A.L.E.C. dues?