Protecting All Americans From Illegal Voter Purges and Wrongful Voter Challenges
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Every American should be able to make their voice heard. Recently, states and individuals have been attempting to remove eligible voters from the rolls and challenge eligible voters’ validly cast ballots. These actions violate federal law and threaten Americans’ freedom to vote. Campaign Legal Center will protect all Americans’ freedom to vote.
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We have systems in place so everyone, regardless of their political beliefs, can feel confident in their freedom to vote and the security of our election. But partisan politicians are attempting to unlawfully purge eligible voters from their rolls in the days and weeks leading up to election day, when voters may not have time to correct errors and have their voter registration restored in time to cast a ballot.
Strict laws exist to protect the freedom to vote, and our elections have numerous safeguards in place that are regularly analyzed and updated to make sure only eligible voters participate - and election officials take this responsibility seriously.
Voter purges, especially when done so close to an election, deny qualified American citizens their freedom to vote. In some cases, there is no way for citizens to know they’ve been removed or get back on the voter rolls before an election.
The same is true for mass voter challenges brought by bad actors. These challenges unfairly target qualified voters, especially recently naturalized citizens, voters of color, student voters, voters with disabilities, and military and overseas voters.
Every American should be able to make their voice heard, and that includes Americans who have worked hard to become citizens. Immigrants who come to the United States and put in the hard work to earn their citizenship are Americans, and they deserve the freedom to vote.
As we have seen time and time again – including in Alabama, Texas, Florida and Virginia -- unfair voter purges can and do ultimately restrict the freedom to vote for U.S. citizens.
Our democracy is strongest when every eligible American votes. CLC is taking action to prevent unlawful voter purges and closely monitoring states to ensure all Americans’ freedom to vote is protected.
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