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Supreme Court’s conservative justices leave in place Virginia’s purge of voter registrations (apnews.com)

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[-] prole 29 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I've been voting for a couple of decades now, and every single presidential election has had dozens of stories about states, governors, attorneys general, etc. purging voter rolls.

I have never, once, in that time, seen this done by someone on the left in an attempt to benefit the Democratic party. Not once.

It is always, without fail, Republicans attempting to cheat. No need to mince words.

When you vote for a Republican, you are literally voting to take your own vote away in the future. And this has been true for decades. Now we're at the end game.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

If you vote Republican, there's a 99% chance you're voting against your own interests in several ways.

[-] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 36 points 4 days ago

They never purge these voter rolls AFTER elections do they? It's always between the time they stop letting people register for an election and when that election happens.

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 days ago

US elections happen like clockwork every 2 years. Why isn’t there just a voter roll purge day at a reasonable point in time every 2 years to provide people the time they may need to re-register?

I know the answer, but if it’s honest, it should be baked into the state’s election cycle.

[-] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Like say the off year mark? Plenty of time after an election to find issues with the rolls and far enough away from the next for people to correct issues or register again if needed.

That'll never happen, can't disenfranchise citizens with that policy.

[-] abff08f4813c@j4vcdedmiokf56h3ho4t62mlku.srv.us 11 points 4 days ago

Folks in Virginia, please don't be discouraged. Get out and vote! Remember what the governor said:

Youngkin said voters who believe they were improperly removed from the rolls can still vote in the election because Virginia has same-day registration.
“And so there is the ultimate, ultimate safeguard in Virginia, no one is being precluded from voting, and therefore, I encourage every single citizen go vote,” Youngkin told reporters.

In the other bit of "less bad" news, it seems like the Supreme Court didn't explain the reason for the decision, so that means it doesn't directly on its own set any legal precedents for the future if I'm understanding correctly.

[-] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

the Supreme Court didn’t explain the reason for the decision

What could they say, though? "We know you're breaking federal law and all that but carry on. Those votes won't suppress themselves."

[-] abff08f4813c@j4vcdedmiokf56h3ho4t62mlku.srv.us 1 points 4 days ago

One thing to remember is that the bar for the SC to explain themselves is low. It's probably much higher in the court of public opinion than it is in .. you know, actual courts. (Since the lower courts have to follow their words and not the other way around.) When they do speak, there's very little that can stop them.

They could have said something like, "We find that the mere option of same-day voting registration being available is enough to satisfy the intent of the 1993 National Voter Registration Act and thus the 90-day rule should be treated as not being violated."

That would have opened the doors for Republican States to purge their rolls the same way as Virginia has, while enacting same-day voting registration on paper (thus providing the option) - but combined with ridiculous ID rules that make it next to impossible to actually do so.

Or worse, they could have said "We find that a non citizen voting is in fact unconstitutional, and for that reason we overturn this part of the 1993 National Voter Registration Act - the 90 day rule may no longer be enforced."

[-] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

There are states with multi-day registration? 😳

[-] abff08f4813c@j4vcdedmiokf56h3ho4t62mlku.srv.us 4 points 3 days ago

Well, for example, Texas, https://www.kvue.com/article/news/politics/vote-texas/missed-registration-vote-deadline-texas-voting-poll-election/269-aa6d8af1-7819-4493-ab71-adaec1f02325

The deadline to register to vote in Texas was Oct. 7. If you missed the deadline, you won't be able to vote.

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