Full story here. “In a consent decree filed this past Friday in federal court, Jefferson Davis County said that by Jan. 31, it will identify people on the rolls who are no longer eligible to vote. An Oct. 10 document from the secretary of state’s office shows the county has almost as many registered voters as it has residents of voting age. The American Civil Rights Union, a conservative group based in Alexandria, Va., sued Jefferson Davis and Walthall counties in April, saying that both, at the time, had more registered voters than residents who were at least 18. The lawsuits said that under the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, better known as Motor Voter, counties have an obligation to keep accurate voter rolls for federal elections. In response to the lawsuit, Walthall County agreed in September to clean up its inflated voter rolls, and the county is making progress, according to the latest document from the secretary of state. The county had 11,219 voting-age residents in 2012. It had 12,752 registered voters on Sept. 4 and 12,421 on Oct. 10. . . . The three attorneys who filed the lawsuits in Walthall and Jefferson Davis counties — J. Christian Adams of Alexandria, Va. ; H. Christopher Coates of Charleston, S.C.; and Henry Ross of Eupora, Miss. — are former U.S. Justice Department attorneys. “Corrupted voter rolls have to be fixed so Americans can once again have faith in our elections,” Adams said in a news release Monday. “Step one for voter fraud is to have corrupt rolls.” The American Civil Rights Union has said it could sue Texas counties for having inflated voter rolls. Adams said Attorney General Eric Holder should challenge local governments that have inflated voter rolls, and he criticized Holder for challenging a voter-identification law in Texas. The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.”