This conclusion was bolstered by Kentucky’s failure to divulge registration-related records as required by federal law. Judicial Watch argued that Kentucky’s inflated voter rolls indicated that it was not complying with federal laws requiring it to cancel the registrations of citizens who have died or moved elsewhere.
The suit noted that Kentucky was one of only three states in which the statewide active registration rate is greater than 100% of the age-eligible citizen population. The Judicial Watch lawsuit argued that 48 Kentucky counties had more registered voters than citizens over the age of 18. In June 2018, with Judicial Watch’s consent, the Justice Department moved to intervene in the lawsuit against Kentucky. In November 2017, Judicial Watch sued Kentucky over its failure to take reasonable steps to maintain accurate voter registration lists ( Judicial Watch, Inc. A detailed description of any role that local election officials may play in list maintenance activities.Procedures for maintaining and making available for inspection and copying the records concerning implementation of the general program activities.A description of databases to be used in list maintenance activities and a plan to consult with relevant database managers, assess the quality of data to be used in list maintenance activities, and develop sound and reliable matching criteria.Procedures for removing from the statewide voter registration list any registrant who is mailed a notice.List of registrants to whom notices have been sent.Procedures for using the data that is successfully matched to the statewide voter registration list.Procedures for sending a nonforwardable canvass mailing.Procedures for a general program of list maintenance.The decree instructs that the plan is to include: Kentucky State Board of Elections shall create a Comprehensive Plan and implement and adhere to its terms. The Kentucky State Board of Elections shall develop and implement a general program of statewide voter list maintenance that makes a reasonable effort to remove from the statewide voter registration list the names of registrants who have become ineligible due to a change in residence in accord with section 8 of the NVRA. The state of Kentucky has consented to clean its voter rolls of ineligible names in accordance with the National Voter Registration Act ( NVRA). Van Tatenhove of the Eastern District of Kentucky, Central Division, signed the consent decree between Judicial Watch, Kentucky and the U.S. (Washington, DC) –Judicial Watch announced today that a federal court judge has issued a consent decree directing the Commonwealth of Kentucky to remove the names of ineligible voters no longer in residence from its official voter registration lists. 48 Kentucky County Rolls Had More Registered Voters Than Eligible Citizens
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