NJ Improves Voter Registration Opportunities

Voting rights advocates and New Jersey officials announced today that they have reached a settlement to ensure low-income citizens are provided voter registration services through public assistance agencies, as required by the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA).

New Jerseyans will be able to access these registration options in advance of the 2016 Presidential elections.

Commonly known as the “Motor Voter” law, the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) requires motor vehicle agencies, as well as Public Assistance Agencies that provide services such as Medicaid, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and other benefits, to proactively offer voter registration services to their clients.

Since the implementation of the NVRA in 1993, over 170 million Americans have applied to get on the voter rolls through these registration services.

The settlement follows a notice letter to the Governor and Department of Human Services (DHS) from Project Vote, Demos, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Rutgers Constitutional Rights Clinic, the NAACP, and the law firm of McCarter & English.

The coalition’s notice letter, sent on behalf of the New Jersey State Conference of the NAACP, alleged that New Jersey’s Public Assistance Agencies were not consistently offering clients on SNAP, TANF, and Medicaid an opportunity to register to vote.

CLICK HERE to read the Notice Letter.











NYC Wins When Everyone Can Vote! Michael H. Drucker

141 Counties in US Have More Registered Voters than Residents

A new report by the Public Interest Legal Foundation puts 141 counties on notice across the United States for having more registered voters than people alive in those counties. The public interest law firm is dedicated to bringing integrity to the election process, have sent notice letters to officials in 21 states, which is step one before step two, which is bringing a lawsuit against those counties under the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA).

The NVRA requires that all election officials maintain current voter registration lists and ensure that only eligible voters are registered to vote.

President and General Counsel of the Public Interest Legal Foundation, J. Christian Adams says, “Corrupted voter rolls provide the perfect environment for voter fraud.” Close elections tainted by voter fraud turned control of the United States Senate in 2009. Too much is at stake in 2016 to allow that to happen again.”

The worst offender on the list is Michigan with 24 counties. Kentucky comes in second with 18, Illinois with 17, Alabama and Colorado with 10 to round out the top 5.

The worst county on the list is Franklin County in Illinois with a registration rate of 190%.

CLICK HERE for a complete list of all effected counties.











NYC Wins When Everyone Can Vote! Michael H. Drucker