1、CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Legal SidebarLegal Sidebari i Supreme Court to Hear Voter Roll Case: What Are the Implications? January 9, 2018 In what has been called a “potentially major case on voting rights,” on January 10, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court is to hear oral
2、 argument in Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute. Husted involves the question of whether an Ohio process for removing or “purging” names from its official voter registration lists violates the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA). Specifically, the “Supplemental Process” for voter roll mainten
3、ance at issue in Husted involves the Ohio secretary of states offices removal of a registered voters name from the state voter rolls if the individualafter a two-year period of voter inactivitydoes not vote for four more years (including two general federal elections), and does not either (1) respon
4、d to a mailed confirmation notice or (2) reregister to vote. (Not at issue in Husted, Ohio also has a primary process for voter roll maintenance that utilizes the postal services change-of-address system.) At the same time, the NVRA prohibits states from removing an individuals name from its voter r
