DOJ releases new guidelines for election officials dictating who can and can’t be removed from voter rolls

09/26/2024 / By Kevin Hughes

The Department of Justice (DOJ) of the administration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris has recently released a fresh set of guidelines for state and local election officials, dictating who can and can’t be removed from voter rolls.

This move has sparked an intense wave of criticism, with one former DOJ attorney comparing the move to political intimidation that is meant to discourage election officials from successfully guaranteeing that only eligible citizens can cast ballots.

“This is what I perceive as an attempt by the Department of Justice and Civil Rights Division to intimidate state and local jurisdictions and state and local election officials from doing their jobs,” said Gene Hamilton, a former attorney with the DOJ and the Department of Homeland Security.

Hamilton, who now works as the executive director and senior counsel for America First Legal, added that “what they’re trying to do is they’re trying to chill people from actually doing the very things that are common sense.”

The DOJ issued the new guidance on Sept. 9, focused on state and local election workers and highlighting how the removal of individuals from voter rolls “must be accomplished in compliance with federal law and in a nondiscriminatory manner.”

Before any election, American states are supposed to examine their registers of eligible voters, assuring they are up to date and any ineligible people are removed.

“Ensuring that every eligible voter is able to [vote] and have that vote counted is a critical aspect of sustaining a robust democracy, and it is a top priority for the Justice Department,” Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division said in a statement explaining the revised guidance.

Clarke added that “as we approach Election Day, it is important that states adhere to all aspects of federal law that safeguard the rights of eligible voters to remain on the active voter lists and to vote free from discrimination and intimidation.”

While the DOJ claims the guidance does not prevent states from removing ineligible voters, along with noncitizens or those who have committed voter fraud, Hamilton argues that it may still discourage states and local authorities from deciding who is an eligible voter.

The amended DOJ rules also prohibit states from removing voters from rolls within 90 days of a forthcoming federal election – which ultimately prevents every state in the country from updating their voter rolls to remove ineligible individuals.

Some states have already taken care of the matter, with Texas deleting a million ineligible voters from its rolls and Ohio removing over 150,000 non-eligible voters from its rolls. (Related: Texas PURGES one million ineligible voters from voter rolls, including non-citizens and dead people.)

15 Arizona counties sued for refusing to remove thousands of illegal immigrants from its voter rolls

Last month, Hamilton’s watchdog group pressed charges against 15 counties in Arizona for refusing to eliminate thousands of illegal immigrants from its voter rolls.

The lawsuit alleges that more than 35,000 registered voters in Arizona have not given proof of citizenship, which prevents them from voting in state and local races but not in federal elections.

Almost 100,000 Arizona voters’ citizenships were in question because of a state error just before the rollout of mail ballots.

“The problem is that this Department of Homeland Security, in particular, doesn’t seem to care and doesn’t seem to want to help people find ineligible voters on their voter rolls, and you have a lot of state officials across the country who don’t seem to be willing to do their jobs,” Hamilton said.

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Watch the video below about Washington, D.C. removing 103,000 ineligible names from the voter rolls in response to Judicial Watch’s legal actions.

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