Missouri sued over voting irregularities
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Justice Department Sues Missouri for Alleged Violations of Voter Rights
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against the State of Missouri and the Missouri Secretary of State for violations of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA).
The complaint, which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri, alleges that the state has failed to meet its legal responsibilities to conduct a general program to maintain its voter registration list for federal elections as required under Section 8 of the NVRA. It alleges that, in some parts of Missouri, voters have been removed from registration lists without notification in direct violation of mandatory NVRA procedural protections,and that,in other areas, ineligible voters have not been removed from registration lists. The complaint further alleges that the state's failure to comply with the voter registration list maintenance provisions of the NVRA has resulted in registration lists that provide inaccurate voting information, including one county where the number of registered voters is over 150% of its voting age population.
"The National Voter Registration Act requires that states protect the rights of all voters by notifying them before removal from a voter registration list. It also requires states to remove ineligible voters," said Wan J. Kim, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division. "With this lawsuit, the Department of Justice will ensure that all Missouri voters are able to go to the polls and cast ballots in free and fair elections."
We all heard about some of this during the last election. Doesn't matter to me who's behind it, any voter fraud is bad. Nice to see some action in getting it cleaned up.
Update: More here.
Comments
You know damn-well that it's fraud that is driven by the Democrats and all the insipid, little minority caucuses. No one exploits the poor better than the liberal Democrats by telling the poor that they need the Democratic Party to think for them, to speak for them, and to cheat for them.
Posted by: Yiddish Steel | November 22, 2005 11:13 PM
And your point is?
Posted by: LB | November 22, 2005 11:21 PM
I think this man wants you very badly to mention that the Dems did this.
I understand both angles. I agree with you, LB, that a politician is a politician and likely Republicans would not be against this type of action either. On the other hand, though, I get where Steel is coming from especially since the Dems love to bring up charges of voter fraud during every single election since 2000. The evil, evil Republicans are "stealing" the election. Every time. No doubt about it. So I think it would be interesting to mention it, for the sake of pointing out the irony involved here.
Posted by: CAAR | November 22, 2005 11:39 PM
Okay, the Dems did it.
We aim to please! :)
Actually, I was trying to be fair. The Justice Dept. is suing the whole state for voter problems - not having seen any more specifics, could be some of those problems were in red districts in addition to obvious ones in and around St. Louis.
Posted by: LB | November 22, 2005 11:56 PM