Supreme Court Upholds Ohio's Voter Purging Methods
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Supreme Court upholds Ohio’s way of removing infrequent voters from rollsConservatives on the Supreme Court on Monday upheld Ohio’s method of purging voters from the rolls after they miss elections.
The court ruled 5 to 4 that Ohio’s process does not violate federal law. The dissenters said it could result in thousands of infrequent voters losing their right to vote.
Unlike many voting cases that come before the court, Wednesday’s case centered not on grand constitutional principles but on interpreting seemingly contradictory directives of federal law.
Beyond the prohibition on removing voters because they failed to vote, the law calls...
From the Right
Supreme Court upholds Ohio's policy for purging voter rollsThe U.S. Supreme Court has upheld Ohio’s process for purging voters from its rolls, siding with the state in a case that questioned its policy for maintaining its voter registration lists.
The court split 5-4 along ideological lines in its decision, and Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion. Justice Anthony Kennedy, the court’s swing vote, sided with the conservatives in the case.
With its decision Monday, the court reversed a ruling from the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
From the Left
Supreme Court: States can purge voters who don't vote or respond to warningsFailing to vote can lead to getting knocked off voter registration rolls, a divided Supreme Court ruled Monday in a decision that likely will help Republicans and harm Democrats.
The court's conservative majority ruled 5-4 that Ohio did not violate federal laws by purging voters who don't vote and fail to return notices confirming their residency. Civil rights groups had challenged the state for having the strictest method of purging voters in the nation.
Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion, noting right off the bat that an estimated one...
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