June 11, 2018judicialvoter registrationNVRAvoter purgesvoting rightsjudicial
SCOTUS upholds Ohio voter purge process in Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute 5-4
The Supreme Court rules 5-4 in Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute (584 U.S. 627, 2018) that Ohio's process for removing voters from registration rolls does not violate the NVRA. Ohio's "supplemental process" identifies potential non-residents via undeliverable confirmation notices and then removes them after four years of non-voting. Justice Alito's majority holds that the NVRA permits states to use multi-factor assessments and does not mandate indefinitely keeping inactive registrations. Dissenters, led by Justice Sotomayor, warn the process erroneous purges eligible but disengaged voters.