13 October 2004

Nev. Move to Purge Some Dem Voters Fails

Adam Goldman - AP

LAS VEGAS - Elections officials have rebuffed an attempt by a former GOP operative to purge about 17,000 Democrats from the voter rolls in the battleground state of Nevada, where the two presidential candidates are in a dead heat.

Dan Burdish, former head of the state Republican Party, filed a challenge last week claiming the Democrats should be removed from the rolls because they were inactive voters.

[...] The latest poll from Oct. 5 showed Democratic Sen. John Kerry with a 1 percentage point lead over President Bush in Nevada. Democrat Al Gore lost the state by fewer than 22,000 votes in 2000.

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