Posted on 09/03/2019 10:44:18 AM PDT by Red Badger
The Ohio Democratic Party reportedly filed a lawsuit last week over Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s (R) planned removal of hundreds of thousands of voters who have not voted for the past several elections from the rolls.
In the complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in Columbus, state Democrats asked for a restraining order blocking the purge, set to take effect on Friday, and requiring LaRose to instead manually review the voting history of each individual in question, according to The Columbus Dispatch.
The plaintiffs also called for an independent probe into how the state updates voter rolls to remove infrequent voters.
A recent investigation by the Dispatch found a vendor who works with county boards of election erroneously flagged more than 1,600 people for removal. A total of 1,641 voters who have voted since the 2015 primaries, which should have kept them from being flagged as infrequent voters, were sent notices over the summer warning that their registrations could be canceled.
LaRose has, according to the suit, “increased the risk that eligible voters have been, and will be, unlawfully removed from the Ohio voter file in a manner that prevents them from casting a regular ballot, by knowingly and intentionally relying on an inaccurate purge list and then exacerbating the risk by scheduling the purge to take place immediately prior to” September primaries.
LaRose spokeswoman Maggie Sheehan defended the process in a statement to the Dispatch.
“We’re proud of providing unprecedented levels of transparency into this process, but we won’t ignore the law. When we partnered with the NAACP, the Ohio Republican Party, the Urban League, church organizations, and labor unions to get voters activated, the Ohio Democratic Party stood on the sidelines. Of course a lawsuit is the next step in their tired playbook,” she said.
The Supreme Court ruled Ohio’s process for purging infrequent voters is constitutional in 2018.
I bet they are. Criminals.
Gots ta’ have dem’ dead humans vote. We can use ‘der names for our phony voters.
I loved Maggie’s response.
It’s interesting that the only party that ever fights the cleaning up of voter registrations is the Democrats.
It’s the only party that ever needs to.........................
Discriminating against the dead?
Viableism is the new racism, sexism, racism.
Democrat voter fraud is done by voting the people who don’t show up to vote.
Ever wonder how some black precincts vote 98% of residents and yet NO BLACK people care enough to show up for democrat rallies? Even those held in the black community?
Checking and confirming voter rolls seems like common sense; something Democrats appear to lack.
Ping
Yep! It’s going to be just a little bit harder to find names to use for all those illegal aliens already lined up to vote next year... Clearly unfair!
Heh ...Heh...Heh.....
Ah ha, just what I predicted.
From the article:
“A recent investigation by the Dispatch found a vendor who works with county boards of election erroneously flagged more than 1,600 people for removal. A total of 1,641 voters who have voted since the 2015 primaries, which should have kept them from being flagged as infrequent voters, were sent notices over the summer warning that their registrations could be canceled.”
If government can’t do something right (which is frequently) it shouldn’t do it at all. Voter ID would have been a better choice to weed out the dead voters.
Headline: Ohio Democrats sue to try election fraud in 2020!
Once again DIM criminals prove they are criminals . What’s new ? ????
True...but I knew they were criminal in 2000...
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“Ohio Democrats sue to stop purge of voter rolls”
These are problems in cases where votes in behalf of other people (real or fake) might have been cast. Getting names off the voting rolls of those who haven't voted removes a potential source of creative voting. OF COURSE the names should be erased, as long is a certified letter is sent to the address informing the non-voter, with strict provisions about how to reinstate.
FWIW, being a poll worker two times was a wonderful experience for learning about the process. One of my biggest takeaways was unexpected. I was totally impressed by how dedicated so many people are to having an honest, professional process for voting.
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