New York authorities have failed to comply with federal requirements mandating jurisdictions regularly examine voter registrations and remove ineligible voters from voter rolls, according to a new lawsuit.
Just 22 names were removed between January 2016 and December 2021 in a city of over 5.5 million voters, including zero in Richmond County, according to data provided to the nonprofit Judicial Watch.
“These are ludicrously small numbers of removals given the sizable populations of these counties,” the nonprofit says in its 48-page suit, calling it “inconceivable” that authorities were complying with requirements from the National Voter Registration Act and not removing more names.
The law requires states to “conduct a general program that makes a reasonable effort to remove the names of ineligible voters from the official lists of eligible voters” due to deaths or a change in residence….