[2banana]

When was the last time Philadelphia purged the voter roles, if ever?..... Any info on that that you know of?

See

Philadelphia: City of (too many) voters
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a41f7e24141.htm

Philly Fraud by the numbers (a logical look at Philadelphia)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1268546/posts

[deport]

The following shows the increase beginning when the 1995 HAVA law went into force..... thus my question reqarding voter purges.... Seems they have chosen not to do so lately....

Philadelphia Registration Statistics As Of November, 2001

Total Registration	Democrats	Republicans	Other	Total City Population (2000 Census)
1,011,149	752,169 (74.4%)	190,924 (18.9%)	68,056 (6.7%)	1,517,550

Historic Philadelphia Voter Registration Statistics

Year of Election	Highest Office up for Election	Total Number of Philadelphia Registered Voters	Philadelphia's Voting Age Population	Percent of Voting Age Population that Registered to Vote
2001	District Attorney	1,011,149	1,133,610	89.2%
2000	President	1,025,259	1,039,514	98.6%
1999	Mayor	985,912	1,055,344	93.4%
1998	Governor	959,789	1,070,033	89.7%
1997	District Attorney	946,130	1,086,228	87.1%
1996	President	936,876	1,103,182	84.9%
1995	Mayor	848,502	1,120,764	75.7%
1994	Governor	797,204	1,139,726	69.9%
1993	District Attorney	820,687	1,155,437	71.0%
1992	President	876,698	1,167,318	75.1%
1991	Mayor	795,957	1,186,233	67.1%
1990	Governor	874,420	1,203,310	72.7%

Note that since the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 was implemented in Pennsylvania in 1995, voter registration rolls are no longer allowed to be purged due to non-voting.