Supreme Court rules in favor of Ohio 'voter purge'

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/391623-supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-ohio-voter-purge

The Supreme Court on Monday upheld Ohio’s "use it or lose it" practice of cleaning up its voter rolls.

In a 5-4 decision, the court’s majority said the practice, known as the “supplemental process,” does not violate the National Voter Registration Act, which bars states from removing the names of people from the voter rolls for failing to vote.

The court's five conservative justices voted in the majority, with the court's four liberals dissenting.
Under the supplemental process, voters who have not voted in two years are flagged and sent a confirmation notice. Voters who then fail to respond to the notice and fail to vote within the next two years are removed from the rolls.
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Smacks a little bit like voter suppression to me, but seems fair in today's mobile society.

I dont see how that could be construed as 'suppression' if they are given 5 years to vote and dont AND if they are removed from the rolls but can re-enroll and vote when they choose to.

VanceMack said:

I dont see how that could be construed as 'suppression' if they are given 5 years to vote and dont AND if they are removed from the rolls but can re-enroll and vote when they choose to.

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Like I said in the other thread, the Leftists aren't going to like this. I'll add, they're going to go bonkers over it.

So this is odd. It seems that the Ohio actions are not only Constitutional as per the SCOTUS, but follow the guidelines proposed by democrat and voted on affirmatively by every democrat that voted for (which was al of them) in the 1993 Voter Registration Act. That legislation not only allows but CALL FOR the purging of inactive voters, following prescribed guidelines.

https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-103hr2rfs/pdf/BILLS-103hr2rfs.pdf

So other than just trying to clam infringement of voting rights, this is...law.

VanceMack said:

So this is odd. It seems that the Ohio actions are not only Constitutional as per the SCOTUS, but follow the guidelines proposed by democrat and voted on affirmatively by every democrat that voted for (which was al of them) in the 1993 Voter Registration Act. That legislation not only allows but CALL FOR the purging of inactive voters, following prescribed guidelines.

https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-103hr2rfs/pdf/BILLS-103hr2rfs.pdf

So other than just trying to clam infringement of voting rights, this is...law.

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It amazes me how liberals will decry voter ID efforts, stating they are unnecessary provided the voter rolls are maintained -- then fight any effort to maintain the voter rolls.

dcsports said:

It amazes me how liberals will decry voter ID efforts, stating they are unnecessary provided the voter rolls are maintained -- then fight any effort to maintain the voter rolls.

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The politicians are fixated on message and cause. That goes both ways. The major parties are worthless.