Supreme Court Hands Big Win to Ohio Voters Who Want "Clean and Fair Elections": Will California Be Next?

News Staff : Jun 12, 2018
Judicialwatch.org

"Dirty voting rolls can mean dirty elections. Today's Supreme Court decision should send a signal to other states to take reasonable steps to make sure that voters who died or moved away no longer remain on their voter rolls." -Tom Fitton, Judicial Watch

(Washington, DC)—[Judicialwatch.org] Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton hailed today's Supreme Court decision upholding efforts by Ohio, which are part of an historic settlement with Judicial Watch, to maintain accurate voting rolls. (Photo: Wikipedia Commons)

Fitton noted:

This is a clear victory for the citizens of Ohio and America who want clean and fair elections. Dirty voting rolls can mean dirty elections. Today's Supreme Court decision should send a signal to other states to take reasonable steps to make sure that voters who died or moved away no longer remain on their voter rolls. Leftists opposed to election integrity suffered a big defeat today. Frankly, this and their other assaults on clean election measures suggest the organized left and their politician allies want to be able to steal elections if necessary. This is also a big institutional win for Judicial Watch, because it means that our current settlement agreement with Ohio is valid and enforceable.

The Supreme Court upheld an Ohio law providing that the State had to send address confirmation notices to all registered voters who had not voted in the previous two years. This ruling has the effect of also upholding a 2014 settlement agreement between Judicial Watch and Ohio, which required Ohio to use that same procedure as part of a regular Supplemental Mailing designed to identify whether registered Ohio voters had moved away—one of many steps intended to fulfill Ohio's obligations under the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) to maintain the integrity of its voter list...

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