By John Blevins
On Monday, Oct 8th, the Pilgrimage group met with several civil rights activists in Marion, Perry County, Alabama. Willie Nell Avery, chief election commissioner in Marion was one of them. She fascinated us with tales from her work. She reported that she had just recently discovered, almost by accident, that “many” voters had been struck from her voter rolls, without announcement. She is now in the process of trying to figure out the full scope of the problem. Fascinatingly, she told us that one company or agency (I think it was ESS, but I need to do more research on this) does all the voter registration processing for the whole country. I find it frightening to think that other registrars may not be as diligent as Ms. Avery. Who knows what may have happened in other jurisdictions. Is this an isolated incident? A new book by investigator Greg Palast, “Billionaires and Ballot Busters” suggests it may not be. I just ordered my copy.
On Monday, Oct 8th, the Pilgrimage group met with several civil rights activists in Marion, Perry County, Alabama. Willie Nell Avery, chief election commissioner in Marion was one of them. She fascinated us with tales from her work. She reported that she had just recently discovered, almost by accident, that “many” voters had been struck from her voter rolls, without announcement. She is now in the process of trying to figure out the full scope of the problem. Fascinatingly, she told us that one company or agency (I think it was ESS, but I need to do more research on this) does all the voter registration processing for the whole country. I find it frightening to think that other registrars may not be as diligent as Ms. Avery. Who knows what may have happened in other jurisdictions. Is this an isolated incident? A new book by investigator Greg Palast, “Billionaires and Ballot Busters” suggests it may not be. I just ordered my copy.
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