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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (60319)	10/13/2004 8:21:08 PM
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Officials block challenge to 17,000 Democratic voters on rolls in Nevada ADAM GOLDMAN, Associated Press Writer (10-13) 14:38 PDT LAS VEGAS (AP) -- 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. Larry Lomax, the Clark County registrar of voters, rejected the challenge filed by former state Republican Party Chair Dan Burdish last week that claimed the Democrats should be removed from the rolls because they were inactive voters. Lomax said Burdish could only challenge voters in his precinct, and then only if he has personal knowledge that they are inactive. "I don't think pulling names off a database equates to personal knowledge," Lomax said. Under state law, voters are placed on "inactive status" if they move and don't update their addresses within 30 days of receiving notice to do so. Their registrations are then canceled if they don't vote in two consecutive federal elections. Democrats have criticized Burdish for trying to influence the hotly contested congressional race between Republican Rep. Jon Porter and his Democratic challenger, former casino executive Tom Gallagher, in the 3rd District. But Burdish denied trying to disenfranchise people, saying he only wants to prevent people from voting "in a local district they are not allowed to vote in." Meanwhile, an Arizona consulting firm denied Wednesday that a group it hired to register Republicans in Nevada deliberately tore up Democratic voter registration forms. Eric Russell, a former employee of Voters Outreach of America, said he witnessed a supervisor shred eight to 10 Democratic registration forms from prospective voters. Nathan Sproul, chief executive of Sproul & Associates, said his firm was contracted by the Republican National Committee to register voters, but he denied Russell's accusations that Democratic registration forms were destroyed. He characterized Russell as a disgruntled former employee who was fired last month. Federal officials said they have not received any complaints of wrongdoing. A spokesman for the Nevada Secretary of State's office said it was investigating whether any state or federal laws were broken. The latest polls have showed President Bush and Democratic Sen. John Kerry running within a few percentage points of each other in Nevada. Democrat Al Gore lost the state by fewer than 22,000 votes in 2000. sfgate.com