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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
Tue Aug 29, 2017, 08:44 AM Aug 2017

Indiana Kicks Voters Off the Rolls and Isnt Telling Them

Indiana Kicks Voters Off the Rolls and Isn’t Telling Them
A new law is letting the controversial interstate Crosscheck database comb election rolls—and remove voters without any attempt to contact them or allow a chance to respond.
EMILIE PLESSET 08.29.17 1:00 AM ET

You might not be able to cast a vote on Election Day in Indiana, and now the Hoosier State doesn’t even need to let you know.
A new Indiana law permits voters to be automatically removed from registration rolls without giving any notice or allowing for a waiting period for those purged to respond, and it could all be a mistake.

The statute, which went into effect last month, is in “flagrant violation” of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 and operates with potentially “discriminatory results,” according to the Indiana State Conference of the NAACP and the League of Women Voters in a lawsuit filed last week.

“No Hoosier should be silenced on Election Day,” Barbara Bolling-Williams, president of the Indiana State Conference of the NAACP, said in a statement. “Yet, under this new law, that will happen. It’s vital that Indiana follow federal law and ensure that voters are not wrongfully removed from the rolls.”

http://www.thedailybeast.com/indiana-kicks-voters-off-the-rolls-and-isnt-telling-them
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Indiana Kicks Voters Off the Rolls and Isnt Telling Them (Original Post) workinclasszero Aug 2017 OP
"...ushered in by then-Gov. Mike Pence." Tanuki Aug 2017 #1
Pence and his entire party workinclasszero Aug 2017 #2

Tanuki

(14,894 posts)
1. "...ushered in by then-Gov. Mike Pence."
Tue Aug 29, 2017, 08:55 AM
Aug 2017

No surprise there. Pence is refusing to release some private e-mails requested by a FOIA inquiry, on the advice of his attorney who also co-chaired his 2016 campaign. I hope Pence's active participation in selective voter suppression will come to light sooner rather than later.

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