Press-Republican: thousands of North Country names dropped from voters lists

The Plattsburgh Press-Republican is reporting that election officials have stripped thousands of names from North Country voting lists, in Clinton, Essex and Franklin Counties. Here’s the key passage:

According to a voter-registration database compiled by New Yorkers for Verified Voting, 5,997 North Country residents were purged because they had died, moved, were imprisoned or were disqualified for other reasons.

Another 10,278 people saw their voter status changed to inactive because they did not respond to letters sent to verify their current address and status.

According to the P-R’s report, voters dropped from the list will likely still be able to cast provisional ballots. Read the full article here:

http://www.pressrepublican.com/midday/local_story_297095908.html