[IfOnlyYouKnew]

There is absolutely no purpose to these purges, except to stop legitimate voters. Considering these are people who did not vote in some prior elections, it seems unlikely that they would now suddenly start voting multiple times. Plus, of course, in-person voter fraud is basically non-existent: there is about one case for every ten million votes, and almost all of them are due to negligence.

"It's the law" is also a strange argument when it's the law that's being criticised.

[tengbretson]

> There is absolutely no purpose to these purges, except to stop legitimate voters.

Just as an exercise, you should consider trying to make a good faith argument in favor of doing these purges. You might be surprised.

[smitty1e]

I serve as a voting officer in my county.

The voter role is a database.

This is database maintenance.

It is necessary.

Every voter should verify that they are signed up to vote in the one (1) place where they pay federal income tax.

People who have property in multiple states are among the weakest links in the system, as getting an absentee ballot for a place where you have a legitimate residence tends not to be hard.

[happytoexplain]

I also manage a database. I would never equate the destructive operations involved in managing my records to those in a voter database. The latter is a grave responsibility that requires higher than normal confidence that the management being performed is just.

[sys_64738]

Voting isn't database maintenance.

Voting isn't an opt-in either.

[23throwaway23]

Did you read the article? It's talking about anomalous purging of voters.

[dang]

Please don't comment on whether someone read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that."

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