DOJ Attempts to Purge NC Voter Rolls

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This may be happening in YOUR state:

DOJ "License to Purge"

The DOJ's Zealous Attempt to Purge North Carolina's Voter Registration Rolls

The Department of Justice and Les Merritt, State Auditor - want to purge North Carolina's voter rolls - by 10 Percent. The State Board of Elections disagrees.

The Charlotte Observer provides the unvarnished version, while the rest of the media has slanted the title of the story.

N.C. pressed on voter listings
The Charlotte Observer
Fri, 15 Jun 2007 DAVID INGRAM reporter

State and federal officials are mounting two broad challenges to the way North Carolina maintains its voter rolls, charging widespread irregularities that include votes cast under the names of dead people. The accusations attempt to call into question the accuracy of registration records and election returns from 2004 to the present. So far, though, the officials have not made public any evidence of irregularities, and N.C. election officials argue that the state's maintenance of voter rolls is among the most careful and comprehensive programs in the country. ...

The story begins in earnest on April 18, 2007 with this memo www.ncvoter.net/downloads/DOJ_NC_List_Maintenance_Letter_Apr_07.pdf
from the Department of Justice to the North Carolina State elections officials. This DOJ memo serves in effect as "license to purge voters" if an election official were so inclined. This memo reads just like a form letter, citing no specific registration numbers and fails to provide the "official" report that it alludes to.

"Section 8 of the NVRA sets forth requirements 'With respect to the administration of voter registration. As part of a nationwide effort to assess compliance with the Section 8 of the NVRA, we conducted an analysis of the state's total voter registration numbers as a percentage of citizen voting age population based on reports following the 2004 general election submitted to the Election Assistance Commission. According to that report, voter registration actually exceeded the total citizen voting age population in 10 percent or more of the jurisdictions within your State.

But the DOJ is wrong.

North Carolina's voter rolls have 10% less voters than are eligible, according to the non partisan group Electionline.

read the rest at Blue NC
http://bluenc.com/the-dojs-zealous-attempt-to-purge-north-carolinas-voter-registration-rolls

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