{"id":118485,"date":"2024-10-26T06:38:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T23:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118485"},"modified":"2024-10-26T06:38:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T23:38:45","slug":"computer-glitch-could-keep-1900-teens-from-voting-in-south-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118485","title":{"rendered":"Computer glitch could keep 1,900 teens from voting in South Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) \u2014 A judge in South Carolina ruled Friday that it is too late to reopen voter registration for nearly 1,900 teens after the state Department of Motor Vehicles failed to notify election officials that they checked the box to register as they got their driver\u2019s licenses.<\/p>\n<p>The teens were 17 at the time they went to the DMV, but would be 18 by Election Day. A glitch in the DMV\u2019s computers did not identify the teens as qualified and did not present them with an additional electronic form certifying they were citizens, not felons and otherwise qualified to vote.<\/p>\n<p>The American Civil Liberties Union sued to reopen registration on Tuesday, a day after early voting started in South Carolina. They provided several possible ways the teens could register and be allowed to cast ballots.<\/p>\n<p>But Judge Daniel Coble said it is just too close to Election Day to do something so drastic as to alter the voting rolls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no effectual relief that this Court could grant and even if it attempted to, the relief sought would create disorder in the voting system,\u201d Coble wrote in his ruling about five hours after hearing arguments.<\/p>\n<p>Coble sided with lawyers for the South Carolina Election Commission, the SCDMV, the General Assembly and the Governor\u2019s Office. They all said while they were sympathetic toward teens who might miss their first shot at voting for president, it was just too late to solve registration problems with county election offices busy running early voting.<\/p>\n<p>The potential voters have to be identified, checked that they are eligible and added to rolls. \u201cNone of this can happen before this general election,\u201d state Election Commission lawyer Michael Burchstead said.<\/p>\n<p>Around 6,000 additional teens affected by the glitch were still able to register after checking and seeing the process wasn\u2019t complete and they weren\u2019t on the rolls, including the 17-year-old who exposed the problem and notifying his mom, who then let a Democratic lawmaker know what was going on, prompting the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>No other teen who wanted to vote but did not get registered has been publicly identified.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyers for the state said some burden should have been placed on the teens to make sure they were able to vote before the registration deadline earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>The ACLU said being first time voters, they may not have been aware that clicking on a box that said \u201cyes, I wish to register\u201d meant they would not be registered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur government failed these young voters, and now the same government is making excuses rather than making things right. When \u2018It\u2019s too hard to fix\u2019 becomes an acceptable reason to disenfranchise voters, we know that there\u2019s work to do,\u201d ACLU of South Carolina Legal Director Allen Chaney said in a statement after the ruling.<\/p>\n<p>In the first four days of early voting in South Carolina, more than 511,000 votes have been cast or about 15% of all eligible voters.<\/p>\n<p>Coble ruled earlier this month to extend the registration deadline for about a week because of widespread damage and power outages from Hurricane Helene. He pointed out from the bench Friday that was \u201can act of God, not an act of man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The DMV has worked with the ACLU to try to determine the scope of the problem. They had to individually review every application that fit under the guidelines to see if the teen checked the box to register to vote.<\/p>\n<p>And the lawyers for the state all said they would work to make sure it didn\u2019t happen again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe share with the ACLU the goal of free, fair, safe and secure elections,\u201d said Kevin Hall, a lawyer for South Carolina Senate President Thomas Alexander.<\/p>\n<p>But the ACLU said excluding anyone because of a government error is not fair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a case about a fundamental constitutional right,\u201d Chaney said in court Friday. \u201cFirst time voters are going to be wrongfully excluded from a historic election.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/south-carolina-voting-teens-dmv-39ab0fe7e8e6e47f159c2d6ec96a21b6\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COLUMBIA, S.C. 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