Delaware changing voter registration forms amid legality concerns
Delaware's top election official is vowing to update the state's voter registration forms amid claims those documents are in violation of federal law and could be disenfranchising thousands of potential voters.
The nonpartisan voter advocacy group Campaign Legal Center, based in Washington D.C., brought the irregularities to the state's attention on Wednesday after conducting a survey of the voter registration forms used by all 50 states.
The group found that the federal voter registration form for Delaware contains outdated information about felons' eligibility to cast ballots in state elections.
Both the state registration form and the Election Department's website direct potential voters to determine their eligibility by reading the Delaware Constitution.
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