DoJ Tells Florida To Stop Purging Voter Rolls

Department Of Justice Tells Florida To Stop Purging Voter Rolls

The Department of Justice demanded that Florida stop purging its voter rolls, Talking Points Memo reported Thursday.

In a letter sent to Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner, the Justice Department ordered the state to end the practice because it has not been approved under the Voting Rights Act. Additionally, the DOJ said the purge violated the National Voter Registration Act, which requires states to complete changes to their registration rolls 90 days in advance of an election. Since Florida's primary is on August 14, all maintenance should have been completed by May 16.

In recent weeks, the state has identified as many as 180,000 potential noncitizens that will be vetted and possibly removed from voter registration rolls. The practice sparked controversy when a Miami Herald analysis revealed that Hispanic, Democratic and Independent voters are more likely to be on the list. In fact, 58 percent of those identified as potential noncitizens are Hispanic, according to the Herald's review.

Florida Democrats pushed back on the practice earlier this week, calling on Gov. Rick Scott to end the purge.

"Given that this process fails to meet basic standards of accountability, and that the legal authority for automatic removal of registered voters is currently being challenged in both state and federal court, it is irresponsible to proceed so quickly and with so little room for oversight," the letter said.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/3 ... 61137.html

Oh darn...Another Karl Rove/Koch-Brothers/ALEC-inspired voter suppression scheme in the toilet... Hey, guys, you might actually try winning the election on ISSUES instead of dirty-tricks...

Just a suggestion....

Sorry. This is politics from both sides. Holder's bully boys using arcane rules from the 1960's that need to be repealed. Colorado can legally do what Florida is doing right now. Seems unfair to make different rules for different States.

LadyJazzer wrote:
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Oh darn...Another Karl Rove/Koch-Brothers/ALEC-inspired voter suppression scheme in the toilet... Hey, guys, you might actually try winning the election on ISSUES instead of dirty-tricks...

Just a suggestion....

Of course Lady Jazzer forgets to tell us that there has been bipartisan push back on this in the state of Florida...

The state's effort has already come under fire from local election supervisors who belong to both political parties, as well as Democratic members of Congress and voting rights groups.

File this under "Lady Jazzer's make believe outrage of the day." BORING.

In recent weeks, the state has identified as many as 180,000 potential noncitizens that will be vetted and possibly removed from voter registration rolls.

Oh- only 180,000 "NON-citizens". I guess LJ thinks this is OK to have illegal's voting.

It's not OK. As much as the wiberals keep saying that this problem does not exist- reality and the facts prove them wrong.

It is not lawful- nor is it fair to Americans to allow these criminals to remain on the voter list.

I can't believe it's even an issue we have to fight for!

Disgusting.

BearMtnHIB wrote:

In recent weeks, the state has identified as many as 180,000 potential noncitizens that will be vetted and possibly removed from voter registration rolls.

Oh- only 180,000 "NON-citizens". I guess LJ thinks this is OK to have illegal's voting.

It's not OK. As much as the wiberals keep saying that this problem does not exist- reality and the facts prove them wrong.

It is not lawful- nor is it fair to Americans to allow these criminals to remain on the voter list.

I can't believe it's even an issue we have to fight for!

Disgusting.

Illegal voting doesn't exist...LJ has told us that many times so it must be true.

And Florida has numerous examples of non-resident snowbirds voting in both their home state and their winter home.
So it is more than just illegal aliens voting, which I doubt is a huge problem.

Meet Archibald: The Second 90-Year-Old WWII Veteran Targeted By Florida’s Voter Purge

Earlier this week, ThinkProgress reported the story of Bill Internicola, a 91-year-old, Brooklyn-born decorated World War II veteran who was targeted by Florida Governor Rick Scott’s voter purge.

As it turns out, this was not an isolated case.

The voter purge being aggressively pursued by Florida Governor Scott has snared another fully eligible World War II veteran in his 90s. From Tampa Bay Online:

In Tampa, University Village resident Archibald Bowyer, 91, a Navy corpsman in World War II, was tagged as a non-citizen. Bowyer said he has lived in the U.S. since age 2, has been a citizen since his father was naturalized a few years later, has lived in Tampa more than 30 years – and voted “every time there was a reason to.”…

He could have been knocked off voter rolls because he didn’t respond to a letter from Lennard’s office telling him he had 30 days to prove his citizenship.

He said he got the letter around the time his wife died.

“I had a lot to do, and I just glanced at it,” he said. “I didn’t send it back to them.”

The State of Florida does not seem overly concerned about Bill, Archibald or the hundreds of other citizens wrongly targeted by the voter purge. Florida Secretary of State spokesman Chris Cate said “a handful of people have been inconvienced.”

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/0 ... ter-purge/

Hey, he's just another veteran...who was "inconvenienced"... I guess you're all for "veterans" and their rights...until it slams into your right-wing b.s.

And, as usual, you guys are liars....

LJ is NOT for "illegals" voting... But until you PROVE EVERY ONE of the 180,000 being purged is an "illegal", you're a liar, and the DoJ is going to put a stop to it.

LadyJazzer wrote:

Meet Archibald: The Second 90-Year-Old WWII Veteran Targeted By Florida’s Voter Purge

Earlier this week, ThinkProgress reported the story of Bill Internicola, a 91-year-old, Brooklyn-born decorated World War II veteran who was targeted by Florida Governor Rick Scott’s voter purge.

As it turns out, this was not an isolated case.

The voter purge being aggressively pursued by Florida Governor Scott has snared another fully eligible World War II veteran in his 90s. From Tampa Bay Online:

In Tampa, University Village resident Archibald Bowyer, 91, a Navy corpsman in World War II, was tagged as a non-citizen. Bowyer said he has lived in the U.S. since age 2, has been a citizen since his father was naturalized a few years later, has lived in Tampa more than 30 years – and voted “every time there was a reason to.”…

He could have been knocked off voter rolls because he didn’t respond to a letter from Lennard’s office telling him he had 30 days to prove his citizenship.

He said he got the letter around the time his wife died.

“I had a lot to do, and I just glanced at it,” he said. “I didn’t send it back to them.”

The State of Florida does not seem overly concerned about Bill, Archibald or the hundreds of other citizens wrongly targeted by the voter purge. Florida Secretary of State spokesman Chris Cate said “a handful of people have been inconvienced.”

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/0 ... ter-purge/

Hey, he's just another veteran...who was "inconvenienced"... I guess you're all for "veterans" and their rights...until it slams into your right-wing b.s.

And, as usual, you guys are liars....

LJ is NOT for "illegals" voting... But until you PROVE EVERY ONE of the 180,000 being purged is an "illegal", you're a liar, and the DoJ is going to put a stop to it.

Anecdotal. What 90 year old guy is too busy? Does he have to work 2 jobs because real wages and savings continue to fall under Obama?

OK- 3 out of 180,000 "NON-citizens".

And one of um said “I had a lot to do, and I just glanced at it,” he said. “I didn’t send it back to them.”

Great- he had a lot to do.

That leaves 179,997 "NON-citizens" voting in Florida- now I feel better.

Until you PROVE EVERY ONE of the 180,000 being purged is an "illegal", you're a liar, and the DoJ is going to put a stop to it. And THEN I'll feel better.

Voting is a RIGHT..NOT a privilege. When morons like Scott throw up barriers to prevent it, they're messing with constitutional rights.

I'll be waiting for that PROOF.