A lawsuit filed Tuesday against clerks in Cabell and Kanawha counties questioning whether or not they had the right to deny online voter registration was rejected by the West Virginia Supreme Court later Tuesday afternoon. Cabell County Clerk Karen Cole said she received an official statement Tuesday afternoon from the West Virginia Supreme Court saying the petition filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia had been rejected. … The online registration was rolled out at the end of September after the Legislature passed a bill in 2013 allowing it. To register online, including changing an address or party affiliation, residents must have a driver’s license and the last four digits of their Social Security number. A person’s signature is then pulled from the Division of Motor Vehicles website to authorize the changes. Majestro said these steps provide more than enough security measures to ensure voter fraud does not take place.
Cole said she does not think this method is secure because anyone can use the last four digits of someone’s Social Security number and make changes to their record. The lack of a live signature also leaves the record compromised.
“It’s not that I’m against online voter registration – that is not the problem at all. But I am not going to put these elections at risk of election fraud because (Secretary of State Natalie Tennant) said we are supposed to do it.”
For those who have registered online, Cole and McCormick have mailed registration forms, which need to be filled out and returned to the respective clerk’s office for the registration to be processed.
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