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THE VOTER PURGE PROJECT

Unveiling Voter Disenfranchisement in America

Read Our New Report on Use-It-Or-Lose-It Voter Registration Policies

WHAT IS VOTER PURGING?

Voter purging is a process that helps states and counties maintain up-to-date voter rolls and data by canceling registrations for voters who are no longer eligible, including those who have died or moved out of state.

HERE’S WHY IT CAN BE A PROBLEM

38 STATES SCORED

167 MILLION VOTERS COVERED

6.4 MILLION PURGED VOTERS FOUND

Where Purges Are Happening

SCORECARD HIGHLIGHTS

IOWA
On April 19, 2021 the state of Iowa released data that had around 221,000 inactive voters missing. The following day on April 20, 2021, the Iowa Secretary of State redacted the data and re-released a report that had included these missing inactive voters.
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DELAWARE
Recently, Delaware changed the way they represent voter status. Before April, the state of Delaware has always coded voters by a status of “Active” or “Inactive”, followed by 3 spaces each listing. In April, Delaware dropped the 3 spaces after “Active” or “Inactive” status, resulting in the spike of “Voter Status Change”
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RHODE ISLAND
In April, a spike in “dropped voters” and “new voters” is a result of the Rhode Island Department of State changing the format of a large number of Voter IDs. The large number of “purged voters” reflects this change of formatting by the state.
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EVERY VOTE COUNTS

The Voter Purge Project is a collaboration among three non-profit, 501c3 organizations: The Ohio Voter Project, ACORN International, and the Labor Neighbor Research & Training Center. Our team combs through voter reports from various states to find and bring attention to discrepancies or unethical voter purging attempts.

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OUR TEAM

The Ohio Voter Project

Founded in 2019 by Steve Tingley-Hock,  the Ohio Voter Project began when Tingley-Hock discovered 40,000 eligible voters on a list of names that the state planned to purge later that year.

ACORN International

ACORN International is a 200,000 member organization working in 15 countries. ACORN is led by Wade Rathke, 50+ year veteran of community (ACORN and NWRO), labor (SEIU and United Labor Unions), and electoral organizing (Project Vote, Initiatives).

Labor Neighbor

Labor Neighbor Research & Training Center provides support and assistance through education, publications, and other resources to community and worker-centered efforts to further develop effective organizational responses to current issues.

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