Governor to launch new purge of Florida voter rolls

[alp227]

Source: Miami Herald

Gov. Rick Scott will soon launch a new hunt for noncitizens on Florida’s voter roll, a move that’s sure to provoke new cries of a voter “purge” as Scott ramps up his own re-election effort.

Similar searches a year ago were rife with errors, found few ineligible voters and led to lawsuits by advocacy groups that said it disproportionately targeted Hispanics, Haitians and other minority groups. Those searches were handled clumsily and angered county election supervisors, who lost confidence in the state’s list of names.

“It was sloppy, it was slapdash and it was inaccurate,” said Polk County Supervisor of Elections Lori Edwards. “They were sending us names of people to remove because they were born in Puerto Rico. It was disgusting.”

The state’s list of suspected non-U.S. citizens shrank from 182,000 to 2,600 to 198 before election supervisors suspended their searches as the presidential election drew near.

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Scott’s top elections official, Secretary of State Ken Detzner, is now creating a new list of suspected noncitizen voters by cross-checking state voter data with a federal database managed by the Department of Homeland Security.

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/08/04/v-fullstory/3538862/governor-to-launch-new-purge-of.html

[Thinkingabout]

1. They should start with names like Rick Scott, bet there is more than one of those in the state.

Or what about Kathrine Harris, she has been involved in voter fraud before, Jeb Bush, now that does not sound like a reasonable name.

[alp227]

4. First post and already a DUZY! Sending for nomination.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=278973

[Dr Hobbitstein]

2. Sometimes... I really hate living in Florida...

Well, most times, I guess. It's nice living near the beach (I'm in Brevard County, east coast), but I never really go to the beach. However, I really hate the cold. So, I stay. And vote. With a passion.

[azbillyboy]

14. From What I Have Read About Global Clmiate Change...

...Pretty soon you won't have to go to the beach; the beach will be coming to you!

I know... off topic but I couldn't resist....

[ellenfl]

18. ditto, palm beach county. eom

[Wolf Frankula]

3. Zimbabwe Comes to Florida

Voters with a D after their names will be removed. After all, D stands for Denmark.

Wolf

[DFW]

11. Well, no, D stands for Germany

DK stands for Denmark. (I live in Germany, and have that D on my car)

But I agree--Scott will be Florida's Mugabe and Ahmadinejad rolled into one.

[Iliyah]

5. Smith, Jones, Jackson, Johnson

Stein, Steinberg . . .

Face it, the gopers don't want you to vote unless you are confirmed a vote for them!!!!!!!!!!

[meanit]

6. How long

are we going to continue to put up with this fucking shit?

[Thinkingabout]

7. Also, all names with a R behind them must mean reject or remove,

If they followed this process there would be lots of names with D behind the for Durable who woul elect intelligent people to offices.

[BVictor1]

8. It's time to purge this jester from office Florida.

[secondvariety]

9. This is just

more power grabbing by the shit wads in Tallahassee. Every single person I know that works in the upper echelon of my county's government (Republicans,all) complain loudly about Scott and his minions. I have never heard a positive word about the Legislature from any of them.

[ornotna]

10. Another decree out of Snake Mountain

Skelator has spoken. Again.

[DFW]

12. Republicans know that fairly held elections mean they lose

Shit like this is their way of telling the world 1.) that they know it and 2.) that they don't care who else knows it.

[AndyA]

33. +1--agree completely.

They don't even try to hide their attempts at voter disenfranchisement. They can't compete in a fair election on the merits, because their actions stink. So they take steps to prevent people who see what they're up to from voting so they can still "win" elections.

I hope Eric Holder gets off his butt and has the Justice Department move on this stuff--2014 will be here before we know it, and this looks to be a battle in Republican dominated states.

The people of Florida who didn't vote for Rick Scott and the other GOP crooks deserve better than what they're getting.

[mac56]

35. Right on, DFW. I have been saying for years that Republicans cannot win a fair fight.

The difference is, now they are acknowledging it.

[onehandle]

13. Bat Boy strikes again.

[sakabatou]

15. I can't wait to see his ass voted out (if there aren't term-limits).

[ellenfl]

19. he's term-limited but not this cycle. we need to vote him out in 2014. eom

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[sakabatou]

37. You mean 2014, right?

[ellenfl]

38. thanks, fixed . . . but 2004 works too! get a time machine and knock him out early. eom

[yurbud]

16. Why isn't the Department of Justice on their ass about this?

[yurbud]

17. these purges have far more false positives than than their are cases of voter fraud

that they are supposedly trying to catch.

Shouldn't there be criminal penalties for denying a qualified citizen their voting rights?

[synapticwave]

20. If purges were handled the way they should be, then I'd have no problem with this

If "purge" meant the names went on a separate list and if/when you showed up to vote, you still cast your vote but it gets cast provisionally while you are verified to be a US citizen. Then I'm fine with it. BUT, as the system works, this is pure partisan BS.

[valerief]

21. Medicare Fraud Governor committing Election Fraud. The fraud never ends with him. nt

[NoQuarter]

39. Boy howdy!

Absolutely EVERY mention of Rick "Medicare Fraud" Scott should include the Medicare fraud conviction in the SAME SENTENCE with his name.

Without exception.

[Turbineguy]

22. I can't say I blame him.

There are still far too many voters out there who are not brainless idiots.

[Coyotl]

23. kick

[colsohlibgal]

24. This Is Iron Curtain Type Stuff

What a democracy - not! People with a felony record should be able to vote once they are released. People with names similar to felons shouldn't be kicked off the rolls. I'm not sure how that scheme wasn't prosecuted in 2000.

If we were a real democracy voting would be easy and open for all, there would be no use of computers, there would be strict monitoring of custody, and public counting.

Republicans, those flag wavers, have been caught on tape saying they want to keep as many people from voting as possible.

If everyone could vote, if there were fair non gerrymandered districts, if the fairness doctrine was still in place for the airwaves, if there was no ridiculous "Citizens United" - in other words a true and fair democracy - this would be a much different country today.

[SoapBox]

25. Ditto!

...thanks for saying it for me.

It's simply criminal.

[DallasNE]

26. This Is Nuts

They are saying that the local election commission office is not doing their due diligence when new people register to vote and that some database in Washington DC that is not kept up to date is a better source so they will purge voters without their knowledge and turn them away when they attempt to vote. This is insane. Where is the solution to clean up the registration process if illegal people are being allowed to vote. To the extent there is a problem this is definitely the wrong solution. And lack of an appeal process is mind boggling.

[davidpdx]

27. Dear Rick Scott

Please go purge yourself. You would be doing the country a favor.

[DonCoquixote]

28. and this is why they wanted to kill the VRA

because there are a lot of White Flordiians who still feel anyone not like them has no right to vote.

[blkmusclmachine]

29. Only way to "win" ???

[Heywood J]

30. Goodbye, VRA.

It was nice knowing you.

[L0oniX]

31. ...and there is about to be a purge of Sick Rott from the Florida government.

[emulatorloo]

32. BUT DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ARE JUST THE SAME!!1!!1!

[warrprayer]

34. the whole idea of democracy

is for people to participate. These assholes belong in prison.

[nyquil_man]

36. Okay, how's he making money off of it this time? nt