archer wrote: These people who are in danger of being removed from the list....how did they get to register in the first place? If Florida does such a shoddy job registering voters and not vetting them, they have more problems than 180,000 people on the rolls they aren't sure of. Time to clean house in FL? And, why are they doing this now instead of within the federal time limit for such changes? Isn't Florida subject to the same laws as the rest of the states?
Are you serious? Florida is the gold standard for an inept voting system..Bush/Gore ring any bells?
That was the point bill....Florida has much bigger problems than 180,000 voters that they don't know if they are illegal or not.....they need to work on the big stuff first.....but no, they get better mileage out of harassing a few suspected illegals than they would get out of an overhaul of their voter registration and voting systems.
Why not fix the easy problems all at once? People who don't have the capacity to get an ID can get one as easily as walking to the polls to vote (if they are legal citizens). A Florida ID costs $3.00 BTW.
The left is angry because they are now being judged by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin.
I seriously doubt this is a case of fixing the easy problem first....this is unwillingness to look at the bigger picture because it may harm the Republicans, and this move got them the right attention from the far right. Just my opinion. I'm sure you have your own.
archer wrote: I seriously doubt this is a case of fixing the easy problem first....this is unwillingness to look at the bigger picture because it may harm the Republicans, and this move got them the right attention from the far right. Just my opinion. I'm sure you have your own.
But don't you have a problem with different rules for different states? For the DOJ to be applying a 40+ year old law to only southern states sounds just as discriminatory as not allowing Hispanics to vote without picture ID.
And to use your example, doesn't Eric Holder have better things to worry about than the Florida voter rolls?
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
Only for legal citizens, it is not a right for illegals, fictitious or the dead.
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.
Which part of that are you having trouble understanding?
