“Voters who haven’t moved shouldn’t be forced to re-register in order to maintain their status as active voters," said Levenson. "Under the secretary’s program, registered voters are being punished for expressing their First Amendment right not to vote.”

The organization also says the state’s purge of inactive voters this summer resulted in the removal of thousands of Ohio voters. Most of the voters removed this year last voted in 2008, a year with record turnout in the state.