Ohio鈥檚 top elections official is giving the green light for counties to start clearing the voter rolls. This so-called 鈥渧oter purge鈥� was put on hold after a lengthy court battle in which the US Supreme Court approved of Ohio鈥檚 process.
Secretary of State Jon Husted has county boards of elections to start canceling the registrations of those who haven鈥檛 voted for at least four yearsand who haven鈥檛 updated their registrations.
Ohio鈥檚 process, which Husted says has been used for more than 20 years, sends notifications to inactive voters who can either return the notice, update their registration address, or vote.
Husted is asking county officials to look at voter activity from Election Day and review that with the logs of inactive registrants.
Critics have spent years fighting this method saying it鈥檚 overly aggressive and restricts voter rights.
