States purged 16 million voters from the rolls before the 2016 election

lamardeuse:

feelingbluepolitics:

This article is critically important.

Before any deadlines for November 2018, voters must check whether they are registered, jump through any barriers conservatives states have erected, and RE-REGISTER IF NECESSARY.

“The use of voter purges is just part of a scheme by Republican politicians who vastly exaggerate the threat of voter fraud in order to push laws and policies that end up disenfranchising voters. The 2016 election was the first presidential contest without the full protections of the Voting Rights Act, and evidence of how many voters were affected by the loss in protections continues to emerge.”

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States purged 16 million voters from the rolls before the 2016 election