Indiana Voter Purge Law Remains Blocked per 7th Circuit Ruling
The three-judge appeals court panel upheld a lower court’s ruling in favor of voter rights groups, barring a law allowing sweeping purges of voter lists, but vacated portions of the lower court’s “too broad” injunction.
Voters lined up to participate in early voting in Terre Haute, Indiana, in Nov. 2018. On Monday, July 19, 2021, a federal appeals court upheld a block on an Indiana law that would have permitted the state to remove certain voters from the rolls without notifying them. (Austen Leake/Tribune-Star via AP)
CHICAGO (CN) — A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a decision blocking enforcement of an Indiana law that voter rights advocates say illegally purges voters from the rolls without adhering to federally mandated election law safeguards.