Accurate voter rolls are essential to honest and fair elections. Time and again, state and local governments across the nation refuse to clean up their voter lists, as required by federal law. In some cases, it appears little to no effort has been made to do so. For instance, New York City, with a population of 8 million, removed only 22 names in six years — a ridiculously low number. Also, in Los Angeles County, where more than 1.2 million voters were deleted, more than half hadn’t been confirmed in more than 10 years.

Lawsuits should not be required to force the states of California, Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, plus Los Angeles County, New York City, and Washington, D.C., to perform this most basic and vital voting responsibility. But they were. This duty should be carried out in a proficient and professional manner, without question and on a regular basis. None of the clean-up actions took place until after Judicial Watch filed suits against each and every one of these entities.

In total, more than 4 million ineligible voters were removed. Loose rolls kick open the door to voter fraud. It seems to me that many “voters” could easily decide national elections.

It’s interesting to note that only one of the above jurisdictions can be considered “red”. Combine this fact with Democratic presidential policy to let illegal immigrants run amok in our country, and one wonders about the big picture.

To placate critics, data is from various Judicial Watch Verdict publications from January 2023 to July 2024.

Greg Paquet

Smithfield