Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., have introduced a bill aimed at stopping any state from being able to purge voters it deems inactive, The Hill is reporting.
The proposed legislation comes after the Supreme Court upheld the state of Ohio's practice of cleaning up its voting rolls by focusing on people who haven't cast ballots in a while.
In Ohio, people who fail to vote in a two-year period are targeted for eventual removal from registration rolls. The state asks those voters to confirm their eligibility. If they fail to respond, their names eventually come of the voter rolls.
The new bill amends the National Voter Registration Act and stipulates a state is not able to use someone's failure to vote or respond to a state notice as a reason to remove them from the rolls.
"This bill will restore the rights of voters and uphold the integrity of our election process," Brown said. "We need to make it easier, not harder, for Ohioans to vote and make their voices heard."
And Klobuchar added: We should be doing everything we can to encourage participation in elections and strengthen voting rights, yet last week's Supreme Court decision will allow states to make it harder — not easier — for more Americans to vote."
Other states, including Georgia, Oregon, and West Virginia have similar purge practices, The Hill noted.
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