Florida suspends non-citizen voter purge efforts

[babsbunny]

http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/03/27/4022124/fla-may-suspend-non-citizen-voter.html

By Steve Bousquet and Amy Sherman
Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau

TALLAHASSEE -- Gov. Rick Scott’s chief elections official is suspending a politically-charged election-year plan to purge noncitizens from Florida’s voter rolls, citing changes to a federal database used to verify citizenship.

The about-face on Thursday by Secretary of State Ken Detzner resolves a standoff with county elections supervisors, who resisted the purge and were suspicious of its timing. It also had given rise to Democratic charges of voter suppression aimed at minorities, including Hispanics crucial to Scott’s re-election hopes.

[Liberal_in_LA]

1. Glad this was stopped

[pam4water]

2. Wow they never get tired of trying that tactic. Been using it since 1999 in Florida.