
JW also sent inquiries on March 6, 2014, to officials in California, New Mexico, Kentucky, West Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Missouri, and Illinois notifying them of potential “apparent problems” and asking these states to provide records of steps taken to assure the accuracy of voter lists. (If you live in any of these states, you should know that your home state also has voter list issues.)
Here’s a brief excerpt from my statement announcing this new initiative, which received widespread news coverage (click here to read The Washington Times piece):
Dirty voter rolls can mean dirty
elections. Many states are shirking their legal responsibilities to
maintain clean voter rolls. This undermines confidence in our election
system. Outrageously, the Obama Justice Department simply refuses to
enforce the federal law that requires states to take reasonable steps to
clean voter rolls. Judicial Watch is now doing the job of the U.S.
Justice Department.
We write to bring your attention to
violations of Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act (“NVRA”) …
This letter serves as statutory notice that Judicial Watch will bring a
lawsuit against your office if you do not take specific actions to
correct these violations of Section 8 within 90 days. In addition, by
this letter we are asking you to produce certain records to us which you
are required to make available under Section 8(i) of the NVRA. We hope
that litigation will not be necessary to enforce either of these claims.
- In Iowa: A comparison of 2012 Census data and 2012 Election Assistance Commission (EAC) data shows there were more people registered to vote than there were adults over the age of 18 living in each of the following 24 counties: Fremont, Johnson, Madison, Adams, Scott, Pocahontas, Kossuth, Poweshiek, Lyon, Cass, Dickinson, Clay, Chickasaw, Shelby, Boone, Worth, Hancock, Ida, Dallas, Audubon, Sac and Greene. A comparison with 2010 Census population estimates and 2010 EAC data shows that this trend has only worsened.
- In Colorado: A comparison of 2012 Census data and 2012 EAC data shows there were more people registered to vote than there were adults over the age of 18 living in each of the following 22 counties: Mineral, Ouray, Hinsdale, San Juan, Jackson, Gilpin, Summit, San Miguel, Gunnison, Dolores, Teller, Grand, Clear Creek, Elbert, Cheyenne, Archuleta, Pitkin, Boulder, Douglas, Routt, and Baca. A comparison with 2010 Census population estimates and 2010 EAC data shows that this trend has only worsened.
- In the District of Columbia: A review of Census data and EAC data shows there were more people registered to vote in DC than there were adults over the age of 18 living there as of 2010, and as of 2012, which is the most recent data available.
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