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June 12, 2018

Supreme Court Rules 5-4 to Uphold Ohio's Decision to Purge Voting Rolls
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In a major voting rights case, the Supreme Court has ruled 5 to 4 to
uphold Ohio's decision to aggressively purge voters from the rolls. The
ruling allows Ohio to purge voters from the rolls if they haven't voted
in recent elections and don't respond to a notice from election
officials. A 2016 Reuters survey found nearly 150,000 people were
removed from the voting rolls in recent years in Ohio's three largest
counties alone. A handful of other states have similar voting laws. The
ruling to uphold Ohio's decision to remove voters from the rolls is part
of a nationwide battle over voter suppression efforts pushed by the
Republican Party.


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