Tuesday is National Voter Registration Day

Tuesday is National Voter Registration Day, but volunteers in Ohio already have been pounding the pavement to help get eligible voters on the rolls. The Ohio Organizing Collaborative has registered more than 140,000 voters in 2016, and aims to register 10,000 more before the Oct. 11 deadline. Spokesman Michael McGovern says it’s important that folks check to make sure their current registration is valid. He explained the state has been purging voters who maybe haven’t voted in a couple years and they’re getting knocked off the rolls and they’re not even aware. He added if you move between elections and don’t update your status, then you can’t vote at the proper polling location. On Friday, a federal appeals court ruled Ohio’s purge of millions of registered voters from the rolls violates the National Voter Registration Act.