Ala. Secretary of State Merrill: GOP leads on voter registration while Dems fail

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/gop-leads-voter-registration-john-merrill

As Republicans are leading the effort to heal our nation from months of 
economic and cultural turbulence, Democrats have seized the moment 
differently. Rather than working to unify our nation, the political left 
is choosing to further divide us.

The Democratic Association of Secretaries of State stooped to a new low, 
launching a new advertisement conflating election integrity laws with 
racism and “white supremacy.” Democrats use celebrity liberal activists 
like Hillary Clinton and LeBron James, who recklessly compare today’s 
challenges with outdated policies.

In stark contrast to the false claims of widespread voter suppression, 
Republican secretaries of state are breaking records in increased voter 
registration in states across the country. Alabama alone has registered 
1,536,778 new voters since Jan. 19, 2015 — a record high for the state — 
and now has an unprecedented state record of 3,602,951 registered voters. 
In spite of having the toughest voter ID law in the nation, which has 
already withstood significant judicial scrutiny in multiple lawsuits, 
Alabama has broken every record for voter participation in the past five 
elections.

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Our states are seeing historic highs in both early voting and overall 
voting turnout. Even Democratic activists like Stacey Abrams concede that 
leaders like Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams have done their 
job; in January, Kentucky broke the record for the total number of 
registered voters in the commonwealth.

We are seeing unprecedented levels of election turnout in states like 
Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan and Virginia, to name a few. It’s simple logic 
— record-high voter registration numbers and expanded access to early and 
absentee voting means voter suppression claims are nothing more than 
talking points, not supported by facts or experience.

Democrats continue to spread falsehoods about a national conspiracy to 
disenfranchise voters. In order for their claim to be remotely true, the 
secretaries of state, governors and other elected officials they blame 
would have to be directly responsible for administering those elections. 
In reality, local officials are often the ones tasked with overseeing 
these elections.

Local Democrats are the ones administering elections in many if not most 
of the consistent areas of question. It is an abject failure of Democrats 
to properly carry out an election in places like Fulton County, Ga., and 
Louisville, Ky.

Democrats cry foul when federal law requires maintenance of voter rolls, 
and they refuse to follow the law themselves. The National Voter 
Registration Act (NVRA) of 1993, signed into law by President Bill 
Clinton, requires states to maintain current and accurate voter rolls, 
periodically reviewing the list and removing people who are ineligible to 
vote.

Los Angeles County refused to comply with federal regulations and did not 
cull their voter file for 20 years. It took a lawsuit in 2017 and a 
subsequent settlement for the Democrat-led county to follow the law.

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In 2018, Kentucky Democratic Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes 
was sued by the U.S. attorney general for a similar failure to maintain 
accurate and current voter registration rolls. This lawsuit also ended in 
a settlement that required the Democratic secretary of state to create a 
general program of statewide voter list maintenance that makes a 
reasonable effort to remove registrants who have become ineligible.

Democrats spread disinformation and weaponize emotion by recklessly hyping 
racial tensions and ignoring facts. History and legal precedent, in fact, 
show that Democrats, not Republicans, are the ones who refuse to play by 
the rules, leaving voters paying the price for it at the polls.

Republican secretaries of state and responsible leaders nationwide share 
one common goal: ensure integrity and credibility in our elections, thus 
restoring confidence in the electoral process for all voters regardless of 
party.

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While Democrats are pushing disinformation, Republicans are implementing 
commonsense policies that protect our democracy and preserve 
constitutional rights.

True to their party’s values, Democrats are recklessly promoting cynical 
ploys over facts and conspiracy over truth. It’s time for the Democratic 
Party to show leadership over lawlessness and remove the burden of doubt 
they have single-handedly instilled in election integrity in America. We 
challenge Democrats and liberal activists to join us in our mission to 
make it easier to vote and harder to cheat.



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