From the New York Times today via MSNBC ~ States’ purges of voter rolls appear illegal

The article reads:

“Tens of thousands of eligible voters in at least six swing states have been removed from the rolls or have been blocked from registering in ways that appear to violate federal law, according to a review of state records and Social Security data by The New York Times. The actions do not seem to be coordinated by one party or the other, nor do they appear to be the result of election officials intentionally breaking rules, but are apparently the result of mistakes in the handling of the registrations and voter files as the states tried to comply with a 2002 federal law, intended to overhaul the way elections are run.”

There’s more at the link.

This is a disaster in the making. In some states twice as many voters have been purged than new registrations.

We should be demanding provisional ballots if we are told at the polls that we’re ineligible due to purging. We should be in the streets on November 5th if McCain wins this election due to this improper purging of eligible voters.

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