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A study of 10 states’ voter purge policies released earlier this month identified potential barriers to voter participation and urged reform in the Hoosier state and nine others. The study ...
Indiana’s 29-day requirement is one of the most stringent in the nation and is likely a factor in this state’s lower-than-average voter turnout. And did I mention the people who live in ...
Indiana lawmakers want to track down registered voters who might not be citizens. But that process has been challenged in other states. Indiana wants to weed out non-citizens from voter rolls.
The Indiana NAACP and League of Women Voters have filed a federal lawsuit against Connie Lawson, Indiana's Secretary of State, to stop the purges. [155] In June 2018, a federal judge ruled that the law violated the National Voter Registration Act.
After the Supreme Court affirmed Indiana's law, states have adopted voter identification laws at an increasing rate. It also spurred research focused on voter ID laws and voter advocacy. Some research is centered on the timing of states' adoption of voter ID laws, while other research is on the partisanship of such laws. [9]
[359] [360] The bill would mandate automatic and same-day voter registration, require states to offer 15 days of early voting, expand mail-in voting, and place restrictions on voter ID laws and so-called "voter roll purges", among other things. [356] On June 22, 2021, a vote on the bill was held in the senate.
Attempts by conservatives to purge state voter rolls ahead of the November election, including from Donald Trump’s campaign and the Republican National Committee, are ramping up, prompting ...
Outdated voter registration has not been linked to voter fraud despite allegations connecting the two. [183] A 2012 report by the Pew Center on the States based on data collected in 2008, found that over 1.8 million dead people were registered to vote nationwide and over 3 million voters were registered in multiple states.