In the ongoing effort to ensure free and fair elections, Tom Fitton and Judicial Watch recently scored a major victory against voter fraud. Los Angeles County has removed over 1.2 million ineligible voters from their voter rolls after settling a lawsuit with Judicial Watch.
This development follows Judicial Watch’s January 2020 report revealing millions of extra registrants on voter rolls across the United States, prompting the organization to warn several states that lawsuits were imminent unless they cleaned up their voter rolls. Since then, Judicial Watch has successfully forced several states, including California, Kentucky, and North Carolina, to remove ineligible voters from their rolls.
In a statement released last Thursday, Judicial Watch announced the settlement, stating that “Los Angeles County removed 1,207,613 ineligible voters from its rolls since last year under the terms of a settlement agreement in a federal lawsuit Judicial Watch filed in 2017.” The lawsuit was filed on behalf of four lawfully registered voters in Los Angeles County, and the Election Integrity Project California, Inc., a public interest group involved in monitoring California’s voter rolls.
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ALERT: Massive voter roll clean in California thanks to @JudicialWatch! Over 1.2 million names removed! A historic victory which means California elections are less at risk for fraud! https://t.co/WUxnebBg8g pic.twitter.com/n35SHJRPQI
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) February 23, 2023
As part of the settlement agreement, Los Angeles County sent almost 1.6 million address confirmation notices in 2019 to voters listed as “inactive” on its voter rolls. The federal National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) mandates that voters who do not respond to the notices and who do not vote in the following two federal elections must be removed from the voter rolls. The settlement also required an update to the state’s online NVRA manual to make it clear that ineligible names must be removed and to notify each California county that they are obliged to do this.
According to the progress reports submitted to Judicial Watch, Los Angeles County has removed over 1.2 million ineligible and inactive voters from the rolls. The county had previously confirmed that more than 634,000 of its inactive voters hadn’t voted in at least 10 years.
In a previous report, Judicial Watch had detailed that Los Angeles County had allowed more than 20% of its registered voters to become inactive without removing them from the voter list. This recent development is a significant win in the fight against voter fraud, as the removal of ineligible voters from the rolls helps to ensure that only legitimate votes are counted in elections.
Tom Fitton and Judicial Watch’s efforts have made a substantial impact in preserving the integrity of the American electoral system. With millions of extra registrants on voter rolls across the country, it is essential that all states take the necessary steps to maintain accurate voter rolls and remove ineligible voters. This victory in Los Angeles County is a step in the right direction, and it serves as a reminder that all Americans must remain vigilant in the fight for free and fair elections.
Sources: TheGatewayPundit, Judicial Watch
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