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| New Data Analysis Finds 353 Counties With 1.8 Million More Registered Voters Than Eligible Citizens |
| 2020-10-19 |
Thanks to Judicial Watch, that’s nineteen fewer counties with ghost voters than a year ago, so that’s something. [EpochTimes] A total of 353 counties in 29 U.S. states have 1.8 million more registered voters than eligible voting-age citizens, according to an analysis by Judicial Watch.In addition, eight states, including Alaska, Colorado, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Vermont, were found to have statewide registered voter totals that exceeded 100 percent of eligible voters, according to the nonprofit government watchdog. Judicial Watch compared the registration data available for 37 states with the U.S. Census Bureau’s most recently available American Community Survey (ACS) numbers for the period 2014—2018 on a county-by-county basis. "This new study shows 1.8 million excess, or ’ghost’ voters, in 353 counties across 29 states," said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton in a statement announcing the study Oct. 16. "This data highlights the recklessness of mailing blindly ballots and ballot applications to voter registration lists. Dirty voting rolls can mean dirty elections." The nonprofit said its study "is necessarily limited to 37 states that post regular updates to their registration data. Certain state voter registration lists may also be even larger than reported, because they may have excluded ’inactive voters’ from their data." "Inactive voters, who may have moved elsewhere, are still registered voters and may show up and vote on election day and/or request mail-in ballots." In a similar study last year by Judicial Watch, 372 counties were found to have more registered voters than those eligible to vote. The ACS data in that analysis covered the period 2013—2017. States are required under a federal law approved in 1993 to make all reasonable efforts to maintain updated voter registration rolls, but enforcement of the statute was almost nonexistent until recent years when Judicial Watch began suing individual states. Earlier this month, for example, Judicial Watch sued Colorado seeking to force it to clean up its registration rolls. At least 42 of Colorado’s 60 counties have more registered voters than eligible citizens, according to the latest Judicial Watch analysis. Denver County’s registered voter total equals 103 percent. The nonprofit sued Illinois in federal court in September seeking to obtain registration data the state has refused to make available, a violation of the 1993 law. The Supreme Court in 2018 upheld a Judicial Watch settlement with Ohio in which that state agreed to a cleanup program of the registration rolls. A settlement last year of a Judicial Watch suit against Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, resulted in Los Angeles County officials agreeing to actions that could result in the removal of 1.5 million inactive voters. The results of the Judicial Watch analysis come as the nation nears the end of the 2020 campaign, which has been marked by massive efforts by Democratic state and local officials, encouraged by colleagues in Congress, to use mail-in ballots as widely as possible. Related: Judicial Watch: 2020-10-07 State Dept. officials told they broke law by monitoring Americans during Ukraine scandal Judicial Watch: 2020-10-06 Vid: Judicial Watch's Fitton calls for criminal probe into Mueller team's wiped phones Judicial Watch: 2020-09-15 New evidence makes Hunter Biden's ‘business' deals reek worse than ever |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #7 I've got the "Yes! We have no republic" blues: Cantor. |
| Posted by: Katie Scoige of da Yats6006 2020-10-19 14:08 |
| #6 I remember when I worked on an election system for LA county. The head of the department said he had moved from LA to orange county 4 years earlier but was still on LA's voter list. In theory he could vote during work, then go home and vote in orange count. No one would ever know. |
| Posted by: Cleting Closh2157 2020-10-19 11:04 |
| #5 What's the difference between the USA and a banana republic? Yes, we have NO bananas, just a huge national debt. |
| Posted by: Dino Omomble9051 2020-10-19 09:44 |
| #4 "If life deals you |
| Posted by: Vernal Clunk3963 2020-10-19 08:58 |
| #3 um. We import bananas? |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2020-10-19 08:54 |
| #2 Based on U.S. Census Bureau’s most recently available numbers for the period 2014—2018 Which doesn't count illegal aliens and dead people. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2020-10-19 08:51 |
| #1 Please explain. What's the difference between the USA and a banana republic? |
| Posted by: Angoluling Ulealing4735 2020-10-19 08:43 |