They are scattered across the state, from Cherokee County in the southeast corner to Cheyenne in the northwest corner; from Doniphan County in the northeast corner to Morton in the far southwest.
Civic educators and voting advocates hauntingly refer to them as “lost souls” and “the purged.” The secretary of state simply calls them incomplete registrations.
Regardless of how they are labeled, they could change the outcomes of county elections, tip the scales of Legislature races and influence statewide campaigns.