Voter Roll Purge in Florida
 

All 67 county Supervisors of Elections suspend Gov Rick Scott's purge of voters. Even after Scott was ordered to cease and desist by the US Justice Department, he vowed to continue in violation of the Voters Right Act of 1965 and the National Voter Registration Act. Gov Scott has turned Florida once again into the laughting stock of the country. He needs to be prosecuted.


All 67 Florida Election Supervisors Suspend Voter Purge

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/02/op...&smid=tw-share

why is it a bad thing to purge the rolls of unqualified voters??

btk

I think you know the answer to your question, btk. No purging and no ID's. So much easier to cheat that way. Remember it is not who votes, it is who counts the votes.

It is quite obvious why Holder's Department of Justice is interferring with Florida's attempt to purge its list of deceased, felons and foreigners. I have no love for our governor but I wish him well in this endeavor. The other issue raised with an outdated list is the fact that photo ideas become all the more important. Finally Holder apparently fears loss of these votes so what does that say about an Obama election? Hmmmmmmmmm

Voter-Purge List Appears Flawed | TheLedger.com

http://www.northescambia.com/2012/06...purges-for-now

Have you seen any of the people that are getting these letters on TV? How about the 91 year old, World War Two, purple heart winning, veteran who was born in Brooklyn and has voted in Florida for over a decade? How about the woman, born in Ohio, who has voted in Florida for forty years? Yesterday's newspaper mentioned one fellow that got a letter is a self confessed schitzophrenic, who said he never registered to vote and never voted.

Obviously the 67 county Supervisors of Elections, who hold elected office, do not want to be prosecuted and sent to federal prison, but the governor thinks he is above the law, as he has demonstrated many times before.

State Defies Federal Warning To Halt Voter Purge:


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1564131.html

Obviously, this kind of voter suppression happens in other states too.
 

It is NOT if they really are unqualified. However, the method they are using appears to be faulty and violates another long standing law.

It appears they are after Hispanics could it be because the Republican nominee has a BIG problem with that segment of the population.?

They are NOT going after the dead or felons....just World War II Purple Heart holders.

Have you forgotten about an election, in 2000, which tipped on what 575 votes after another famous Florida voter purge?

All voters in all states should be vetted. There are too many illegal voters period.

"Damn the inconvenience, full speed ahead"

Richie.... I guess it depends on who is being inconvenienced...I just dashed off another email to COS TSA because they still don't have a scanner. As I just returned to Colorado the lack of a scanner at my local airport is a big deal. Its another 5 months of trekking to DEN to fly out.

BTW, the actual level of voter fraud in Florida is very low. The head of the Republican party in Florida could only site on instance during a recent interview.

I agree with you Richie, if the election officials were doing their jobs there would be no need to purge because the voting lists would be accurate and up to date. If they are complaining the election officials should be replaced. And I have NO respect for the US Attorney General who seems to oppose anything and everything that makes sense.

I also do not care about the isolated 91 year old this or that or if someones toes get stepped on by accident or somebody's feelings get hurt in the process......the fact of the matter there is a problem with voter fraud in Fl. It has been recognized. A plan has been approved. Most people who want good, genuine election results are in favor of the cleansing of a system that ALLOWS fraud.

Once again showing the onsey twosey examples are in no way justification for not doing the right thing....getting rid of names and people who do not belong on the voter list.....for those who are against doing this I still have not heard any answer stating why it is OK to have non qualified voters on the polls.

Under the current administration it seems where ever there is opportunity for fraud to be eliminated there is always a reason why NOTHING gets done about it.

Examples?
Tolerating/allowing Illegal immigrants!!
Tolerating/allowing Medicare fraud!!

and many more. WHY? If it is illegal and or wrong why is it not OK to fix it?

btk

Gov Rick Scott would fire all 67 County Supervisors of Elections today if he could. Unfortunately for him they are elected officials. If Scott knew anything about the National Voter Registration Act of 1992, he would know that the deadline for purging the voter rolls had already passed for the 2012 election cycle. You can't fire people for abiding by the law. Once again, Scott shows that he believes that he is above the law, which he has proven over and over.

And who's company commited the largest Medicare fraud in United States history? Ding, ding, ding. That's correct. Governor Rick Scott. Of course, he knew nothing about it seeing that he was only the CEO. Either he is the biggest contributor of Medicare fraud or he was totally incompetent as a CEO. Lucky for him he was able to plead the fifth 72 times.