Cohen Calls for Federal and State Investigation into Voter Roll Inconsistencies

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Friday, May 25, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) sent the two attached letters to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Tennessee Coordinator of Elections Mark Goins requesting an investigation into the alleged disenfranchisement of hundreds of Shelby County voters.

On Sunday, May 27, Congressman Cohen hosted a news conference calling for the investigation after Bev Harris -- the Director of Black Box Voting -- discovered that the voting histories of close to 500 Shelby County residents, many of them lifelong voters, seem to have been altered to make it appear that they did not vote in recent elections.

In August 2010, Cohen also requested an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice into the voter irregularities that occurred during the Memphis and Shelby County elections held on August 5. Bev Harris’s list of voters whose histories have been allegedly altered can be found here: https://blackboxvoting.org/