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State Databases Drop Thousands of Voters

Centralized registration information was intended to clear up discrepancies, but propagated them instead

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 18, 2008 3:13 PM CDT

(Newser) – Thousands of Americans nationwide are facing reams of red tape after new state registration systems booted them from voter rolls, the Washington Post reports. Yesterday the Supreme Court rejected a challenge of 200,000 Ohio voters whose data conflicted with state records, but states such...   Read full story »

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