N.J. lost 6k voters in February thanks to voter roll purge in Morris County
New Jersey had 6,525,443 voters at the end of February, 6,520 less than it did a month ago – a drop entirely attributable to a loss of 12,430 voters in Morris County.
According to Morris County Board of Elections administrator Dale Kramer, the reduction came because the county conducted a purge of inactive, deceased, and duplicate voters last month. (The New Jersey Globe began inquiring about the drop yesterday after the data were released, but a number of county election officials, including County Clerk Ann Grossi, were unable to provide any explanation.)
Of the 12,430 voters Morris County lost, approximately 8,000 were unaffiliated voters, while Democrats and Republicans each lost around 2,000 voters. Each party likely lost more than that in the purge, but also gained some voters registering to vote for the first time.
Voter roll purges are something that counties across the state have to do from time to time, though it’s relatively unusual for one county to do independently of the other 20. Last March, the state lost 180,000 voters thanks to a statewide voter roll cleanup effort, and there are still close to 500,000 inactive voter registrations left.
Similar county-by-county voter roll reductions may be coming in the near future thanks to the Electronic Registration Information Center, or ERIC, a voter roll maintenance organization which New Jersey recently joined as a participant. (The Morris County drop, however, was unrelated to ERIC.)
https://newjerseyglobe.com/voters/n-j-lost-6k-voters-in-february-thanks-to-voter-roll-purge-in-morris-county/
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There's no indication that obsolete names on the list caused any improper votes. Just a cleanup of a database.
If any of the deceased voters happened to vote in the last election, that might be of some concern. Or, if it was Cook Co, IL, it would be just another day 
(kidding, mostly)
