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Say immediately before a major election (within a few days or less), a State’s Secretary of State purged the voter rolls of anyone under the age of 25 or anyone registered with the opposing party. Alternatively, a State Legislature introduce a bill banning the same groups from voting. While these are unconstitutional and would be overturned relatively quickly, this could keep thousands or millions from voting on Election Day. What would stop a state government from doing this, or is this something that is impossible for them to do?
Comment by bl1y at 27/01/2024 at 12:54 UTC
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First things first, don't overestimate the speed at which these things could happen. It would take quite a bit of time to purge voter rolls or to pass legislation (and the text of the legislation would be known well before it was passed). What can move fast when it wants to though are the courts, and you'd get an injunction immediately against these measures.
But if that didn't happen, people would still go to the polls and cast provisional ballots which would then have to be sorted out.
Finally, why even bother with such a question? This type of thing seems to be trying to provoke the idea that someone will actually do that under the guise of "just asking questions."