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With the aclu of ohio arguing in a few hours in front of the supreme court in a case called houston versus apri. and it's commonly known as the voter purge case. and we're representing clients like larry harmon who is a navy war veteran who has lived in ohio all of his life except when he was overseas defending this country. he voted for the last time and usually only voted in presidential elections, he voted in 2008 him his life got in the way. his mother passed away. he became disill lugsd with life. when he went to the polls in the primary of 2015, he found that he was no longer registered ...

How the ohio "use it or lose it" voter system works. they could take voters off the election if they have not voted in two elections in a row. and if they have not confirmed their not on the list of this polling place. that's because harmon had not voted since 2008 and he said he had not got a postcard from the state. harmon sued state officials and won. ohio appealed the decision. pete williams is at the court on what each side is arguing today. >> reporter: what the challengers argue, that's larry harmon and civil liberties group that this violates federal law that they can remove someone fr...

Quickly ohio is purging the voter rolls? >> well, i think what is important to understand is that this is a practice that is permitted under federal law, removal is permitted under federal law, but the federal law specifically says you cannot remove an individual for failure to vote. so what the supreme court has to deal with is does this ohio process remove an individual in violation of federal law because it's a removal solely for the failure to vote. if you look at larry harmon and other individuals, you have to have some sympathy for them. here's a veteran who had some issues and he said i...

rolling across the border into kuwait. combat troops are expected to fully leave iraq by the august 31st deadline. >> didn't have anything to do with the initial portion into iraq but we got to close it out. that's a pretty good feeling. >> when all the combat troops leave operation new dawn will take effect. the remaining 50,000 troops will advise and assist the iraqi people. the obama administration is preparing to double the number of private security guards in the country. u.s. marshals releasing new, more accurate photos, pictures of the two prison escapees wanted in connection ...