Raffensperger also pointed to the surge in new voters, most of whom have been registered automatically after getting driver’s licenses. The 2018 gubernatorial race was dominated by questions of voter suppression and, in particular, voter purging. Keeping voter rolls up-to-date is important, said Myrna Pérez, who researches states’ purging practices as director of the Brennan Center for Justice’s Voting Rights and Elections Program. The Brennan Center points to Georgia as one state that dramatically increased its purging in the years after the 2013 ruling. The state cleared 1.5 million voters from its rolls between the 2012 and 2016 elections — double what it cut from 2008 to 2012.

Source: Washington Post December 18, 2019 03:13 UTC