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In reply to the discussion: Why The Numbers Behind Mitch McConnell's Re-Election Don't Add Up [View all]stopdiggin
(15,849 posts)156. you're doubting my factual statement?
or that I wouldn't play your cheesy game?
Here ya go, chump.
https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2019/10/25/the-messy-politics-of-voter-purges
For the first time ever, Ohio this year lifted the veil on its voter purging system. It left the state astonished.
Secretary of State Frank LaRose, a Republican who has focused on modernizing the states elections system, announced in the months after he took office that he would, in compliance with state law, drop 235,000 people from voter rolls. Those people, he said, had either moved away, died or, mostly, failed to vote in six years.
The names were culled from a decentralized registration system in which Ohios 88 counties manage their own voter rolls and use one of four different election vendors to run their databases.
Its a system that is ripe for errors, as officials would soon find out.
Secretary of State Frank LaRose, a Republican who has focused on modernizing the states elections system, announced in the months after he took office that he would, in compliance with state law, drop 235,000 people from voter rolls. Those people, he said, had either moved away, died or, mostly, failed to vote in six years.
The names were culled from a decentralized registration system in which Ohios 88 counties manage their own voter rolls and use one of four different election vendors to run their databases.
Its a system that is ripe for errors, as officials would soon find out.
And Ohio isn't even a particularly bad example ...
https://www.pewtrusts.org/~/media/legacy/uploadedfiles/pcs_assets/2012/pewupgradingvoterregistrationpdf.pdf|
Research commissioned by the Pew Center on the States highlights the extent of the challenge:
Approximately 24 millionone of every eightvoter registrations in the United States are no longer valid or are significantly inaccurate.
More than 1.8 million deceased individuals are listed as voters.
Approximately 2.75 million people have registrations in more than one state.
Approximately 24 millionone of every eightvoter registrations in the United States are no longer valid or are significantly inaccurate.
More than 1.8 million deceased individuals are listed as voters.
Approximately 2.75 million people have registrations in more than one state.
And on it goes ...... Like I said -- all readily available.
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Why The Numbers Behind Mitch McConnell's Re-Election Don't Add Up [View all]
orangecrush
Dec 2020
OP
And NC. I saw some really really strange things happen in my own county, and I know this
BComplex
Dec 2020
#19
+1,My buddy was saying race was way too close relative to counties Trump won. He was saying he,
uponit7771
Dec 2020
#10
THAT'S why the Pubs keep accusing the Dems of election fraud! THey always accuse their opponents of
napi21
Dec 2020
#9
North Carolina has a democratic governor also, but the votes in my county never did make sense.
BComplex
Dec 2020
#27
correct. In a state which requires party affiliation on your registration
yellowdogintexas
Dec 2020
#151
Both hc and Stacey want paper ballots because it is the only way to
questionseverything
Dec 2020
#149
That's the second time you have accused me of something I didn't say
questionseverything
Dec 2020
#154
They didn't find it because they didn't hand count the entire state
questionseverything
Jan 2021
#181
This is why you purge registration lists, even at risk for being charged with voter suppression.
Hoyt
Dec 2020
#28
Probably not wading in on Sidney Powell kraken-esque internet conspiracy theories.
tritsofme
Dec 2020
#47
These "concerns" are no less baseless than the nonsense being spread by Powell.
tritsofme
Dec 2020
#58
Shame on anyone gullible enough to fall for baseless conspiracy theories like this.
tritsofme
Dec 2020
#73
Threads like this should really be relegated to the woo-woo conspiracy forum.
tritsofme
Dec 2020
#45
So you don't actually believe this nonsense? I guess that makes me feel a little better.
tritsofme
Dec 2020
#51
ESS is one of the two Republican outfits that "delivered" Ohio for Cheney-Bush in 2004
DFW
Dec 2020
#50
Rove's 2008 meltdown on FOX pretty much showed the entire nation ES&S was aiding election fraud
pecosbob
Dec 2020
#127
I would like more scientific audits of elections, especially where machines are used.
CaptainTruth
Dec 2020
#56
Bingo! I grew up there when KY was a very dependable Democratic state
yellowdogintexas
Dec 2020
#147
Why would an organization like the ACLU involve itself in Sidney Powell level conspiracy theories?
tritsofme
Dec 2020
#101
Given their inaction and complete lack of interest, perhaps you can infer their interpretation
tritsofme
Dec 2020
#103
The biggest clue, IMHO, is that Republicans always accuse the Dems of the crimes
Neema
Dec 2020
#128