Politics

Mass. voter rolls may be inflated by up to 1m registrations

SHELBURNE, MA - MARCH 01: Voters check in before casting their ballots in the Shelburne Town Hall on March 01, 2016 in Shelburne, Massachusetts. Officials are expecting a record turnout of voters in Massachusetts, one of a dozen states holding Super Tuesday presidential primaries or caucuses. (Photo by Matthew Cavanaugh/Getty Images)
Voters checked in before casting their ballots in Shelburne, Mass., during the primary earlier this year. Matthew Cavanaugh/Getty Images

By The Boston Globe

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Massachusetts voter rolls list a record 4.5 million registrations, but an untold number — potentially as high as 1 million registrations — should no longer be on the books.

That’s because state and local election organizers are not always able to track when registered voters move out of state or if they die outside of Massachusetts.

Eventually such individuals are removed from voter rolls, but there can be a lag time of several years, and in the meantime more registrations become out of date.

State officials said they do not believe any of the discrepancies are nefarious in nature or signs of voter fraud.

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