Clockwise from top left: Nathaniel Persily, Healthy Elections Project, Stanford University; Karthick Radakrishnan, Founder and Director, AAPI Data; Andrea Miller, Founder, Reclaim Our Vote; Terry Ao Minnis, Senior Director of Census and Voting Programs, A
By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor, Ethnic Media Services
More than 16.6 million people of color who were previously registered to vote have been “de-activated” from polling rosters unbeknownst to them, and will be ineligible to vote in the Nov. 3 general election.
48 million people overall have been de-registered, according to state by state polling rosters.
In a number of states, voters who have not voted in a couple of past elections are moved to an inactive list. Some states require voters to re-register every two years. Few states have same day registration.
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