From Bo Lipari: "But a question has remained, how many voter records have been purged from New York State's voter rolls? Now we have an answer. I submitted a Freedom of Information Law request for all records in New York's NYSVOTER voter registration database.
"Early in October, I received a copy of NYSVOTER records from September 23, 2008. I wrote a program to analyze the 12,010,045 voter records and can now report the number of voters who have had their status set to 'Purged' or 'Inactive' in the Empire state, and the reasons given for the change. "The data reveals that New York State has moved 1,661,244, or almost 14% of the voter records, from 'Active' status to 'Purged' or 'Inactive,' meaning they will not be in the poll books on Election Day..." Read the Full Story: <http://www.nyvv.org/boblog/>http://www.nyvv.org/boblog/ Permanent Link: <http://www.nyvv.org/boblog/2008/10/21/over-1500000-nys-voters-purged/>http://www.nyvv.org/boblog/2008/10/21/over-1500000-nys-voters-purged/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Mark Crispin Miller's "News From Underground" newsgroup. To unsubscribe, send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] OR go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
