The U.S. Justice Department has taken an unusual move. It reversed its position on a high-profile US Supreme Court case involving Ohio鈥檚 process for maintaining voter rolls.
attorneys have filed a friend of the court brief, saying Ohio can legally remove voters flagged as inactive or those who have failed to respond to recent mailings.
Mike Brickner of the department in recent years.
鈥淵ou know, we typically rely on the Department of Justice to expand and protect the right to vote. And this seems to confirm many people鈥檚 worst fears that this Department of Justice will instead undermine the right to vote,鈥� he said.
Brickner says 7,500 people who voted in Ohio last fall wouldn鈥檛 have been able to vote if these restrictions were in place.
Secretary of State Jon Husted and without these restrictions, it would be hard for elections officials to properly maintain voter rolls.
