[EL] [Only 33, 000, Not 240, 000, South Carolina Voters Lacking ID?

[Estelle Rogers]

Not the first time that a state seems blissfully unaware that there's a federal law governing their "list cleaning"!

Estelle H. Rogers, Esq.
Director of Advocacy 
Project Vote
202-546-4173, ext. 310

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On Dec 23, 2011, at 1:17 AM, Michael McDonald wrote:

Hold the phones on that 33,000 number. South Carolina is going to have to
follow NVRA purging requirements before they execute this gem at the end of
the story:

“Election Commission spokesman Chris Whitmire said the agency will eliminate
nearly 60,000 deceased people and individuals whose names didn't match DMV
records.”


Only 33,000, Not 240,000, South Carolina Voters Lacking ID? 
Posted on December 22, 2011 9:50 pm by Rick Hasen 
AP reports.  The 240,000 figure always struck me as very high.  It will be
interesting to see how DOJ treats this new analysis as it decides whether to
preclear South Carolina’s voter i.d. law.  The current deadline for that
decision is Tuesday, but I wonder if these new data would allow for pushing
that decision back further.

Posted in Department of Justice, election administration, Voting Rights Act
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