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Related: About this forumNew York Voters Sue The State, Claiming Mass Voter Roll Purges
Dozens of New York voters are suing the state, saying that their voter registration changed without their input, costing them the ability to vote in Tuesday's primary. The lawsuit, filed this afternoon in Long Island federal court by the group Election Justice USA, argues that the voters' alleged registration changes deny them equal protection under the constitution, and demands a blanket order allowing "tens of thousands" of potential plaintiffs to vote in tomorrow's presidential primary.
"Plaintiffs are in imminent harm of losing their right to vote," the suit reads. "They have beseeched the various Boards of Elections without result. Nothing can save their right to vote save an order from this Court."
New York's primaries are closed, meaning only members of a given party can vote in that party's primary, and the deadline to change parties is more than six months before Primary Day, the earliest in the country. Those who signed onto the lawsuit say that their paperwork was in order, and in many cases they had voted repeatedly in Democratic primaries from the same address, but that recent checks of their voter registrations revealed that their party had been changed or could not be found at all. The accounts echo online reports of other spurned would-be voters.
"We were seeing an alarming number of voter affiliations changed without people's knowledge or consent, people who were registered listed as not registered," said Shyla Nelson, a spokeswoman for Election Justice USA.
"Plaintiffs are in imminent harm of losing their right to vote," the suit reads. "They have beseeched the various Boards of Elections without result. Nothing can save their right to vote save an order from this Court."
New York's primaries are closed, meaning only members of a given party can vote in that party's primary, and the deadline to change parties is more than six months before Primary Day, the earliest in the country. Those who signed onto the lawsuit say that their paperwork was in order, and in many cases they had voted repeatedly in Democratic primaries from the same address, but that recent checks of their voter registrations revealed that their party had been changed or could not be found at all. The accounts echo online reports of other spurned would-be voters.
"We were seeing an alarming number of voter affiliations changed without people's knowledge or consent, people who were registered listed as not registered," said Shyla Nelson, a spokeswoman for Election Justice USA.
Much more at the link:
http://gothamist.com/2016/04/18/voter_registration_lawsuit.php
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New York Voters Sue The State, Claiming Mass Voter Roll Purges (Original Post)
Bubzer
Apr 2016
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Dragonfli
(10,622 posts)1. K&R for needed exposure /nt
dr60omg
(283 posts)2. It happened to a friend today who has lived in NYC his entire life (62 years) and he cannot vote
He has always been a democrat and he is livid
DetroitSocialist83
(169 posts)3. It's hard for me to read this story
It really gets me down and just makes me think nothing can change.
Bubzer
(4,211 posts)4. Stories like this invigorate me. It tells me more people are becoming aware.
I mean, sure, it'd obviously be better if this wasn't an issue... but we have some awesome coalitions coming together to stomp hard on the neck of this sort of action! Just a month or so ago, we didn't have this. Now, we know so much more than we did! We know to be watchful! We know many of the dirty tricks to watch for! As long as we remain vigilant, hilly can't get away with her usual voter suppression tactics!