So according to this report, thousands of voters that were flagged and wouldbe denied the opportunity to vote will get to now. This is good news, regardless of who you planned to vote for.
It's kind of sad that this kind of flagging and disqualification has been taking place across the country. My favorite part is how many of the officials overseeing the process want to claim they have the right to do so now, particularly so close to the election.
It's funny (and by funny I mean sad) that said officials try to act like their being robbed of some right to purge voter logs. Anything but that. The simple truth is that it's too late to do any bookkeeping. See, the laws in place in most states (including this one) prevent any kind of purging or removing of people from the logs within 90 days of an election. This is not only so that there is no attempted deception with regards to any possible suppression, but also so that there can't even be the illusion of any sort of foul play. Not to mention that challenging registrations at this point gives a person little to no time to attempt to correct the mistake before the election. Fortunately, early voting in many places has helped expose many potential hangups that might not have been found until election day.
In short, any officials that wanted to fuss over any fakers in the rosters have had the better part of 2-3 years (3-4 years if you only count presidential elections) to sift them out. So if you happen to know anyone that may have been told that they couldn't vote or that their registration was being challenged, please tell them that they most likely can and they should recheck things or just go and attempt to vote anyway. Because even though they're supposed to be notified that they can vote, I don't have much faith in the system to come through like it should.
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