HuffPost: Indiana Law That Would Cancel Voter Registrations Is Blocked

The Indiana chapters of Common Cause, the League of Women Voters and the NAACP sued Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson (R) and the heads of the Indiana election division, saying the Indiana statute violated the National Voter Registration Act, a federal law that sets specific conditions for when someone may be removed from the voter rolls. The law allows officials to remove someone if they inform them in writing that they have moved or if they fail to respond to an address confirmation mailing and subsequently fail to vote in two federal elections. …

“We are pleased by the Court’s decision ― it will protect the freedom to vote for thousands of Hoosiers who risked unlawful disenfranchisement from the deeply flawed Crosscheck Program,” Common Cause Chief of Strategy Stephen Spaulding said Friday. “Common Cause is committed to doing everything it can to ensure that every eligible voter can make their voice heard in our democracy.”