Judicial Watch announced today that a federal court judge has issued a consent decree directing the Commonwealth of Kentucky to remove the names of ineligible voters no longer in residence from its official voter registration lists.
In April 2017, Judicial Watch sent notice-of-violation letters threatening to sue Kentucky and ten other state and local jurisdictions for having more registered voters than citizens of voting age, as calculated by the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey.
Judicial Watch previously filed successful NVRA lawsuits against Ohio and Indiana, causing those states voluntarily to clean up their voting rolls.
"This consent decree is a victory for the voters of Kentucky and across America that want clean elections," Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said.
"Dirty voter rolls can mean dirty elections so Judicial Watch is pleased our lawsuit succeeded in requiring Kentucky to take commonsense steps to clean its rolls. It is good to see that the Justice Department, after years of inaction, has finally returned to enforcing the law requiring states to take reasonable steps to maintain the accuracy of voting rolls."
Judicial Watch has taken the lead nationwide in defending state voter ID laws and other commonsense election integrity measures, filing amicus briefs in the Supreme Court and in several circuit courts of appeal and trial courts.
Popper joined Judicial Watch in September 2013 as a senior attorney and as director of Judicial Watch's Election Integrity Project.
https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-victory-court-ordered-consent-decree-requires-kentucky-to-clean-up-election-rolls/
In April 2017, Judicial Watch sent notice-of-violation letters threatening to sue Kentucky and ten other state and local jurisdictions for having more registered voters than citizens of voting age, as calculated by the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey.
Judicial Watch previously filed successful NVRA lawsuits against Ohio and Indiana, causing those states voluntarily to clean up their voting rolls.
"This consent decree is a victory for the voters of Kentucky and across America that want clean elections," Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said.
"Dirty voter rolls can mean dirty elections so Judicial Watch is pleased our lawsuit succeeded in requiring Kentucky to take commonsense steps to clean its rolls. It is good to see that the Justice Department, after years of inaction, has finally returned to enforcing the law requiring states to take reasonable steps to maintain the accuracy of voting rolls."
Judicial Watch has taken the lead nationwide in defending state voter ID laws and other commonsense election integrity measures, filing amicus briefs in the Supreme Court and in several circuit courts of appeal and trial courts.
Popper joined Judicial Watch in September 2013 as a senior attorney and as director of Judicial Watch's Election Integrity Project.
https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-victory-court-ordered-consent-decree-requires-kentucky-to-clean-up-election-rolls/
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