Ohio Was Set to Purge 235,000 Voters. It Was Wrong About 20%
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Re: Ohio Was Set to Purge 235,000 Voters. It Was Wrong About 20%
#2Anybody who thinks these schemes are about anything other than removing legitimate voters from the roles is deluding themselves.
Re: Ohio Was Set to Purge 235,000 Voters. It Was Wrong About 20%
#3"And voting rights groups found an unexplained tranche — around 20,000 people — who had been marked to be purged because of inactivity in future election cycles, but were actually active voters in previous Ohio elections. These voters were in Franklin County, a Democratic stronghold in the state."
Aaaand there it is.
Re: Ohio Was Set to Purge 235,000 Voters. It Was Wrong About 20%
#4How does the purging actually work? Is there sole evil republican henchman with database access? Is there no oversight into what is actually purged?
Trapped behind the paywall.
Re: Ohio Was Set to Purge 235,000 Voters. It Was Wrong About 20%
#5"And voting rights groups found an unexplained tranche — around 20,000 people — who had been marked to be purged because of inactivity in future election cycles, but were actually active voters in previous Ohio elections. These voters were in Franklin County, a Democratic stronghold in the state." Aaaand there it is.
How hard is it really for a voter to reregister? You guys are making it sound like it they're taking away driver's licenses or something. All you have to do is hit the website. If you don't have internet access hit a library.
Re: Ohio Was Set to Purge 235,000 Voters. It Was Wrong About 20%
#6How does the purging actually work? Is there sole evil republican henchman with database access? Is there no oversight into what is actually purged? Trapped behind the paywall.
>> Trapped behind the paywall.
While the site it loading, just hit the escape key.
Re: Ohio Was Set to Purge 235,000 Voters. It Was Wrong About 20%
#7"And voting rights groups found an unexplained tranche — around 20,000 people — who had been marked to be purged because of inactivity in future election cycles, but were actually active voters in previous Ohio elections. These voters were in Franklin County, a Democratic stronghold in the state." Aaaand there it is.
How hard is it really for a voter to reregister? You guys are making it sound like it they're taking away driver's licenses or something. All you have to do is hit the website. If you don't have internet access hit a library.
You don't find out you need to re-register until it's too late.
Re: Ohio Was Set to Purge 235,000 Voters. It Was Wrong About 20%
#8"And voting rights groups found an unexplained tranche — around 20,000 people — who had been marked to be purged because of inactivity in future election cycles, but were actually active voters in previous Ohio elections. These voters were in Franklin County, a Democratic stronghold in the state." Aaaand there it is.
How hard is it really for a voter to reregister? You guys are making it sound like it they're taking away driver's licenses or something. All you have to do is hit the website. If you don't have internet access hit a library.
I think instead of framing this issue as "how easy would it be to re-register" we could instead ask "why should anyone have to register to vote at all?" In the US, voting is a right, which is something that cannot and should not be taken away. Invalidating voting registration, especially in a targeted way, is deplorable.
Re: Ohio Was Set to Purge 235,000 Voters. It Was Wrong About 20%
#9"And voting rights groups found an unexplained tranche — around 20,000 people — who had been marked to be purged because of inactivity in future election cycles, but were actually active voters in previous Ohio elections. These voters were in Franklin County, a Democratic stronghold in the state." Aaaand there it is.
How hard is it really for a voter to reregister? You guys are making it sound like it they're taking away driver's licenses or something. All you have to do is hit the website. If you don't have internet access hit a library.
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Re: Ohio Was Set to Purge 235,000 Voters. It Was Wrong About 20%
#10How does the purging actually work? Is there sole evil republican henchman with database access? Is there no oversight into what is actually purged? Trapped behind the paywall.
I got the letters that my voter registration was going to be purged, but I left Ohio like 7 years ago at that point and hadn't voted since I left. I had actually looked into de-registering way back when but it required filling out a form and physically mailing it, so I didn't bother.
Edit: Also I was slightly impressed that they found my current mailing address. I've moved like 6 times across several states, since I left Ohio.