Posted on 01/03/2020 3:00:02 PM PST by jazusamo
Judicial Watch Finds 2.5 Million ‘Extra’ Registrants on Voting Rolls – Warns Five States to Clean Up Voting Rolls or Face a Federal Lawsuit
A Glance Back As We Move Forward
Judicial Watch Finds 2.5 Million ‘Extra’ Registrants on Voting Rolls – Warns Five States to Clean Up Voting Rolls or Face a Federal Lawsuit
One of the most important things we can do in this election year is continue to force states and counties across the nation to comply with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 ( NVRA ).
And we are. We have sent notice-of-violation letters to 19 large counties in five states that we intend to sue unless they take steps to comply with the law and remove ineligible voter registrations within 90 days. Section 8 of the act requires jurisdictions to take reasonable efforts to remove ineligible registrations from their rolls.
Despite our successful litigation to bring counties and states into compliance with the NVRA, voter registration lists across the country remain significantly out of date. According to our analysis of data released by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) this year, 378 counties nationwide have more voter registrations than citizens old enough to vote, i.e., counties where registration rates exceed 100%.
These 378 counties combined had about 2.5 million registrations over the 100%-registered mark, which is a drop of about one million from our previous analysis of voter registration data. Although San Diego County removed 500,000 inactive names from voter rolls following our settlement with Los Angeles County, San Diego still has a registration rate of 117% and has one of the highest registration rates in the county.
Judicial Watch Attorney Robert Popper is the director of our Election Integrity initiative. In the latest round of warning letters, we explain that implausibly high registration rates raise legal concerns:
An unusually high registration rate suggests that a jurisdiction is not removing voters who have died or who have moved elsewhere, as required by [federal law].
Judicial Watch also considers how many registrations were ultimately removed from the voter rolls because a registrant [had moved]. If few or no voters were removed…the jurisdiction is obviously failing to comply . . . States must report the number of such removals to the EAC.
We found major voting list issues in California , Pennsylvania , North Carolina , Virginia , and Colorado . The following counties have excessive registration rates or have failed to cancel sufficient numbers of ineligible registrations:
Colorado
Jefferson County
California
Imperial County
Monterey County
Orange County
Riverside County
San Diego County
San Francisco County
San Mateo County
Santa Clara County
Solano County
Stanislaus County
Yolo County
North Carolina
Guilford County
Mecklenburg County
Virginia
Fairfax County
Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
Bucks County
Chester County
Delaware County
We are the national leader in enforcing the NVRA, which requires states to take reasonable steps to clean their rolls.
In 2018, the Supreme Court upheld a massive voter roll clean up that resulted from our settlement of a federal lawsuit with Ohio. California also settled a similar lawsuit with us that last year began the process of removing up to 1.5 million “inactive” names from Los Angeles County voting rolls. Kentucky also began a cleanup of up to 250,00 names last year after it entered into a consent decree to end another Judicial Watch lawsuit.
Dirty voting rolls can mean dirty elections and we will insist, in court if necessary, that states follow federal law to clean up their voting rolls. Our previous lawsuits have already led to major cleanups in California, Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio – but more needs to be done. It is common sense that voters who die or move away be removed from the voting rolls.
A Glance Back as We Move Forward
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How fitting that we begin 2020 with a stark reminder of one of the most shameful episodes in American history: the former president of the United States and his secretary of state, with mourning family members present, staring into TV cameras and lying to the American people about the slaughter at Benghazi.
We were reminded of that amoral embarrassment as President Trump, without hesitation, reacted by first immediately deploying troops to protect our embassy in Baghdad and then by ordering the attack that eliminated the leading terrorist leader for Iran and several other terror leaders. What a contrast!
I called attention to his action this week on Twitter , reminding people of all that Judicial Watch has uncovered about Benghazi. Our lawsuit on Clinton’s handling of Benghazi led directly to the discovery of her illicit email system. Thanks to your support, we exposed this scandal, which precipitated successive scandals involving a corrupt FBI and DOJ that refused to investigate her seriously.
We are now awaiting a judge’s permission to depose Hillary Clinton personally and under oath.
As we look forward 2020, it is worth recalling our successes in 2019. You can get a quick review of them here on my Twitter account or here onJudicial Watch’s Twitter or Facebook accounts. And here is a series of “ best of ” video and press release links from throughout the year.
This work gives me confidence for the future!
Happy New Year!
Until next week …
Yep, I’d venture to say all these are Dem majority counties.
At first glance, these are Democrat counties. These excess voter registrations are the essential fuel to drive voter fraud. The Democrats identify those registrations that will not vote, and then request an absentee ballot for these names. Since the voter has either moved or died, he or she will not complain when someone else votes using their registration. A perfect crime that gets easier and more efficient as the Democrats refine and expand their database of bogus registrations. It’s not an accident that California counties represent the majority of this list.
TXnMA
Since the government refuses to do the jobs taxpayers paid them to do the government should rebate the money that was allocated for those costs. If they don't do that then dollars donated to Judicial Watch should be treated as tax credits, not tax deductions. (and I will dream on...sigh)
Only fools focus on the illegals.
Focus on the patronage employees and contractors. They are the ones who impersonate people who moved away and are still registered to vote. They are the ones who occasionally make a mistake and impersonate a non-citizen or a dead voter.
Make a list of employees of private for profit and non-profit agencies who are funded by the politicians with our tax money. They want the gravy to keep coming. They are the ones motivated to cheat.
The illegals are motivated to keep a low profile. Don’t allow emotion to distract you from the facts.
Philadelphia is not concerned about stacking their rolls with extra votes. They just make sure every voter who votes, votes for the Dems in certain precincts.
Does anything good ever happen as a result of all these Judicial Watch legal actions?
ML/NJ
I second that praise! Never have so many been given in watch-dogging our corrupt government by a few dedicated citizen-patriots who don’t hold public office. And do not seek any special favors... America’s finest.
Do you know how they are funded ?
They’re a watchdog group and sue government agencies for information then make it public, they’re not prosecutors.
They do join lawsuits and help individuals sue different government agencies.
I believe they do yeomen’s work.
“Focus on the patronage employees and contractors.”
Excellent point. Fairfax County is full of just the type of non-profits you mention, due to the money trough of DC being so close, and there are plenty of loony libs here who would think it’s their duty to commit voter fraud for the greater good.
They get my money.
That’s a great solution
Add to that, no absentee ballots except for military, paper ballots that are retained for recounts, voter ID with proof of citizenship, no provisional ballots, no voting for those getting government handouts in any form and eliminate early voting.
Can’t make it to the poll?
Probably choose poorly for vacation time...too bad for you. The election is on Tuesday. Be there or don’t vote
Even better would be finger prints and SSN. I wouldn't even object to facial recognition. Trouble is no matter how many states the Supremes let have voter ID there is alway one more District Judge to issue a stay on other States that attempt to institute one.
reminder to make a donation to JW!!! Best buck for your dollar!!
They get my money.
Judicial Watch ——> Doing the work the RNC is too lazy to do.
In detail no. But most of their funding comes from
contributions and grants as I understand what I’ve
read on the net.
Jefferson county, Colorado. hmmmm. I have voted against every tax increase for years. They all pass with a healthy margin. Maybe I know why, now.
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