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Washington — The Justice Department on Thursday suffered its seventh and eighth losses in its efforts to obtain sensitive voter information from more than two dozen states, with federal judges dismissing its lawsuits seeking access to Maine’s and Wisconsin’s voter rolls. Melissa Quinn, CBS News.
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Closing the Communications Gap
By Lia Merivaki, John Lindback, Ryan Chew and TJ Pyche
Keeping voter rolls current is one of the most complex, high-stakes balancing acts in election administration. It requires election officials to maintain accurate lists while ensuring that no eligible voter is disenfranchised by administrative error.
Recently, this work has moved from the back office to the center of a heated national conversation. Increased scrutiny has raised questions about how officials keep ineligible individuals off the rolls and protect their personal information. A clean list is perceived as a sign of a tightly run operation, while a list with outdated records can give the impression of porous security. Any evidence that our processes are not working well can erode public trust in the integrity of our elections.
Even if you perform list maintenance perfectly, explaining it effectively to a skeptical public is critical, but challenging.
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