How have courts used the voter registration lists as a basis for selecting jurors?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Sanders, 273 Cal.Rptr. 537, 51 Cal.3d 471, 797 P.2d 561 (Cal. 1990):
In People v. Harris (1984) 36 Cal.3d 36, 201 Cal.Rptr. 782, 679 P.2d 433, we held that on the facts of that case, the exclusive use of the voter registration lists as a basis for selecting jurors deprived the defendant of his right to a representative jury. The reason, we explained, is "that there is a large and increasing proportion of the general population that fails to register to
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