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7th Circuit blocks Indiana’s second-try voter purge law; changes were ‘largely cosmetic’

July 20, 2021

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A federal appeals court has blocked an Indiana law that allows county officials to kick some people off voter rolls without consent or notice.

The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at Chicago ruled Monday that the law known as Act 334 is inconsistent with safeguards mandated by the National Voter Registration Act, report Courthouse News Service, the Indiana Lawyer and a press release by the American Civil Liberties Union.

The NVRA says states can’t remove a voter who has moved from the rolls unless the voter confirmed the change in writing or unless the voter failed to respond to a notice and did not vote in two federal election cycles.

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