Supreme Court appears sympathetic to Ohio voter purge effort

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appeared sympathetic Wednesday to states that seek to prune their voting rolls by targeting people who haven't voted in a while.

In a case from Ohio, opponents of the practice called it a violation of a federal law that was intended to increase the ranks of registered voters. Justice Sonia Sotomayor said minorities and homeless people appear to be disproportionately kicked off the rolls.

But the court's conservatives and possibly also Justice Stephen Breyer indicated that they would uphold the state's effort.

Ohio is among a handful of states that use voters...