Brennan Center Sues Over Washington Voter List

The Brennan Center for Justice has brought suit against Washington state officials on behalf of a coalition of citizens and groups, arguing that tens of thousands of voters may be excluded from the statewide registration list due to problems in “matching” voter information against other government databases. The AP has this report, and the Brennan Center’s press release and complaint are available here. Among the errors that could allegedly exclude voters from the statewide registration database, newly mandated by HAVA, are data entry mistakes and the transposition of first and last names. The Brennan Center previously issued a report on potential problems with the new statewide registration databases, available here.

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