SVGOP: REGISTRAR CONFIRMS REMOVAL OF 200,000+ INELIGIBLE VOTERS
The Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters has removed approximately 204,000 inactive voters from the voter rolls, implementing the settlement agreement reached more than four years ago between Judicial Watch, the California Secretary of State and the Los Angeles County Registrar, and others.
The registrar reported the action in a September 5, 2023 letter to Santa Clara County GOP Chair Shane Patrick Connolly and Election Integrity Chair Matt Wendt. On August 10, 2023 Connolly and Wendt sent a formal inquiry to the registrar requesting the status of the county’s compliance with the Judicial Watch settlement agreement.
The action by the Santa Clara County Republican Party (SVGOP) followed a similar request on July 7, 2020 by the SVGOP and State Senate candidate Alex Glew. Under the Judicial Watch agreement signed in 2018, inactive voters must be removed after two federal elections if they fail to respond to a residency notice sent by the county registrar. The county registrar replied to the SVGOP on August 8, 2020 stating that it was unable to remove inactive voters because the residency notice it had been using did not comply with the requirements of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA).
Following the settlement, the county sent approximately 249,000 new notices to inactive voters. Since the revised notices were sent, two federal elections have occurred in November 2020 and 2022, allowing the removal of voters who did not respond or vote in those elections.
In her latest letter to SVGOP, the registrar reported approximately 62,000 inactive voters remain registered because they have not yet met the requirements to be removed under the NVRA. According to the February 23, 2023 report of registration by the California Secretary of State, there are approximately 1,015,000 registered voters in Santa Clara County.
As a part of the 2018 settlement agreement, the California Secretary of State issued a new California NVRA manual to county registrars in March 2019. The new manual contained detailed instructions regarding the removal of inactive voters. Each county registrar in California has the responsibility to follow those instructions to implement the required clean-up of the voter rolls on a regular basis.
Should other Republican organizations wish to follow up with their county registrars regarding their compliance with the NVRA, a copy of the Judicial Watch settlement, and the correspondence between the Santa Clara County Registrar and the SVGOP are posted on the Election Integrity page of the BayAreaGOP.com website.
CAGOP Election Integrity Resources
SVGOP: REGISTRAR CONFIRMS REMOVAL OF 200,000+ INELIGIBLE VOTERS
The Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters has removed approximately 204,000 inactive voters from the voter rolls, implementing the settlement agreement reached more than four years ago between Judicial Watch, the California Secretary of State and the Los Angeles County Registrar, and others.
The registrar reported the action in a September 5, 2023 letter to Santa Clara County GOP Chair Shane Patrick Connolly and Election Integrity Chair Matt Wendt. On August 10, 2023 Connolly and Wendt sent a formal inquiry to the registrar requesting the status of the county’s compliance with the Judicial Watch settlement agreement.
The action by the Santa Clara County Republican Party (SVGOP) followed a similar request on July 7, 2020 by the SVGOP and State Senate candidate Alex Glew. Under the Judicial Watch agreement signed in 2018, inactive voters must be removed after two federal elections if they fail to respond to a residency notice sent by the county registrar. The county registrar replied to the SVGOP on August 8, 2020 stating that it was unable to remove inactive voters because the residency notice it had been using did not comply with the requirements of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA).
Following the settlement, the county sent approximately 249,000 new notices to inactive voters. Since the revised notices were sent, two federal elections have occurred in November 2020 and 2022, allowing the removal of voters who did not respond or vote in those elections.
In her latest letter to SVGOP, the registrar reported approximately 62,000 inactive voters remain registered because they have not yet met the requirements to be removed under the NVRA. According to the February 23, 2023 report of registration by the California Secretary of State, there are approximately 1,015,000 registered voters in Santa Clara County.
As a part of the 2018 settlement agreement, the California Secretary of State issued a new California NVRA manual to county registrars in March 2019. The new manual contained detailed instructions regarding the removal of inactive voters. Each county registrar in California has the responsibility to follow those instructions to implement the required clean-up of the voter rolls on a regular basis.
Should other Republican organizations wish to follow up with their county registrars regarding their compliance with the NVRA, a copy of the Judicial Watch settlement, and the correspondence between the Santa Clara County Registrar and the SVGOP are posted on the Election Integrity page of the BayAreaGOP.com website.
CAGOP Election Integrity Resources