voter purge
Les Merritt's Excellent Voter Roll Auditing Adventure
Submitted by NCVoter on Tue, 06/19/2007 - 3:56pm.Today, in a public barbecuing, Les Merritt defended his audit of NC's voter rolls and said he didn't want his review to be seen as partisan. Merritt's defense was mostly his "preliminary" findings or what some call - "cough cough yahomina yahomina hom"... His final report shows nothing wrong with the voting rolls. This had to be painful to watch. Afternoon edit: What is the DOJ up to? That remains to be answered.
The DOJ's Zealous Attempt to Purge North Carolina's Voter Registration Rolls
Submitted by NCVoter on Sat, 06/16/2007 - 4:55am.Frontpaged by gregflynn
The Department of Justice and Les Merritt, State Auditor - want to purge North Carolina's voter rolls - by 10 Percent. The State Board of Elections disagrees. The Charlotte Observer broke the story first, then the News and Observer , then Facing South (very comprehensive) and then all over the internet:
The Charlotte Observer provides the unvarnished version, while the rest of the media has slanted the title of the story.
The story begins in earnest on April 18, 2007 with this memo from the Department of Justice to the North Carolina State elections officials. This DOJ memo serves in effect as "license to purge voters" if an election official were so inclined. This memo reads just like a form letter, citing no specific registration numbers and fails to provide the "official" report that it alludes to.
But the DOJ is wrong.
