It is with a very sad heart that I tell you about the passing of Dave Carver, who died last night after a recent heart attack. Dave was one of the national leaders in viewing/ reviewing / and helping to clean voter rolls in New Jersey.
I am often asked how we in the election integrity movement can possibly compete with the vast resources and ten-year head start that the leftist election groups have in this space. And I always say, “we will never have the money the left has, we will never have the number of well-funded groups the left has…but we have patriots."
We have thousands of volunteers who are dedicated to reclaiming the integrity of America’s elections…in order that we can save our country.
Dave was such a patriot.
He devoted thousands of volunteer hours to assisting New Jersey election officials in doing their jobs on list maintenance. And that is exactly how Dave saw his work: ‘helping’ the election officials.
Because of Dave and others on his team, there are tens of thousands of bad, incorrect, duplicate and otherwise inaccurate registrations that are no longer on the New Jersey voter rolls.
And through it all, Dave was kind, gentle, brilliant, and dedicated to this most granular but vital work of cleaning voter rolls.
There are people who write articles and do a great deal of chest thumping about this or that technology and what they ‘know’ about cleaning voter rolls, but who have never removed a single bad registration in any state. Dave was just the opposite: quiet, humble, and effective.
We can all look to Dave’s example and his leadership in the importance of pristine voter lists and the manner in which to be successful in that important work.
Rest in peace, dear Dave Carver. You will be sorely missed. Prayers for God’s comfort to his family on the death of this amazing man, whose life is an inspiration to us all.
Cleta Mitchell
Founder | Election Integrity Network
