Illegal Voter Purges May Affect Presidential Election

by: project vote

Thu Jul 24, 2008 at 16:19

Weekly Voting Rights News Update

By Erin Ferns

In 2000, Florida's disastrous effort to purge former felons from voter rolls resulted in the disenfranchisement of hundreds if not thousands of legitimate voters and clearly influenced the outcome of the presidential contest in that state. History may repeat itself this November with states taking potentially reckless and unlawful measures to clean voter rolls before Election Day.

Backroom Voter Suppression: Who Gets Knocked Off Voter Lists?

by: project vote

Fri Aug 10, 2007 at 13:33

This an entry in a series of blogs to keep people informed on current election reform and voting rights issues in the news.

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