[EL] NVRA Prohibition on Voter Registration Removals 90 Days Before Federal Elections: Special Elections / Runoff Primaries

[larrylevine at earthlink.net]

There is nothing in that language to prevent a secretary of state or
registrar of voters, for partisan reasons, to purge the rolls beyond that
date and keep everything tied up in court until after the election. Then
there is no penalty for having done that and the result of the election
would not be negated. Call me a cynic, but these days nothing is over the
top. Not since Florida in 2000 and this year will set a new standard.
Larry

From: Law-election <law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu> On Behalf
Of Carl Klarner
Sent: Monday, 8 June 2020 2:40 PM
To: David Becker <dbecker at electioninnovation.org>
Cc: edu law-election at uci. edu law-election at uci. <law-election at uci.edu>
Subject: Re: [EL] NVRA Prohibition on Voter Registration Removals 90 Days
Before Federal Elections: Special Elections / Runoff Primaries

Hi All,

Thanks David.

My experience is that the implementation and interpretation of a law is
sometimes more complex than how it may initially look, and that there are
also statements in laws that are sometimes open to interpretation.

This may be such a situation.

The issue is still unresolved in my mind, and I would still value feedback
on this issue.

Carl

On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 5:14 PM David Becker <dbecker at electioninnovation.org>
wrote:
>
> No assumption necessary. It's right there in the text of Sec. 8 of the
NVRA:
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> (2)(A) A State shall complete, not later than 90 days prior to the
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> date of a primary or general election for Federal office, any program
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> the purpose of which is to systematically remove the names of 
> ineligible
>
> voters from the official lists of eligible voters.
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>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Law-election <law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu> On 
> Behalf Of Carl Klarner
> Sent: Monday, June 8, 2020 5:11 PM
> To: edu law-election at uci. edu law-election at uci. <law-election at uci.edu>
> Subject: [EL] NVRA Prohibition on Voter Registration Removals 90 Days 
> Before Federal Elections: Special Elections / Runoff Primaries
>
>
>
> Hi All,
>
>
>
> I'm assuming the NVRA 90 day prohibition on taking voters off the 
> rolls before federal elections for non-voting applies to
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>
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> runoff primaries
>
> special elections
>
> special election primaries
>
> special election runoff primaries
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>
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> given that at least one federal office is up in the election.
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>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Carl
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>
>
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