An army of conservative activists is poring over state voter lists in search of registration errors that can be used to file what are known as voter challenges.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/9143573

Voters eligible to cast ballots are already being swept up in a grassroots effort to purge the nation’s registration rolls ahead of the 2024 presidential election, a CBS News investigation has found.

Fueled by doubts about the 2020 election, an army of conservative activists is poring over state voter lists, looking for registration errors that can be used to file what are known as voter challenges — questioning the registrations of thousands of Americans.

The undertaking, which includes the involvement of a lawyer tied to former President Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election, tends to affect minority or younger voters who may be statistically more likely to vote Democrat, according to local election officials.

  • spaceghoti@lemmy.oneEnglish
    23·
    7 months ago

    It does in the census, and they use that census data to draw district maps. It’s not a coincidence that they’ve been closing down registration and polling locations in areas dominated by PoC, especially if they also happen to be registered as Democrats.

    • random65837@lemmy.world
      115·
      7 months ago

      Which is also done so that their aren’t imbalances, which I don’t agree with, an area should be as it actual is. Many states also don’t have party registration so that’s not an issue, also, it’s OK to say Black people, isn’t not an insult.