Voter Registration Databases and Purges -- Part I

I also wanted to discuss a separate issue involving purges of existing voters from registration lists, which is affecting thousands of long-time voters in states across the country who may be surprised when they arrive at polls in November to find that their name has been inexplicably stricken from their state's voter roll. Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics
Topics: Presidential Election 2008, Election Reform
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Posted by: Posted by Mike LaBonte - Oct 22, 2008 - 5:54 PM PDT
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Mike LaBonte
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by Mike LaBonte - Oct. 22, 2008

Mostly a recap of previous news, this has only a few source links and no interviews. Usually these disenfranchisement stories are balanced with voter fraud reports, but not this one. Some good advice is offered, and that makes it worthwhile.

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by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 22, 2008

This is part I of III. It provides a primer about the laws affecting registration and voter ID matches, but has a less extensive list of abuses under way in the various states this election. Some of the other NewsTrust stories have more on that.

In August, Wisconsin conducted a test of 20,000 voter names against motor vehicle records and found 20 percent with mismatches, due mainly to typos and transposed numbers. ... More »

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