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applegrove

(118,622 posts)
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 06:32 PM Oct 2016

Federal judge wants to know why Florida hasn’t registered 25,000 people who applied to vote

Federal judge wants to know why Florida hasn’t registered 25,000 people who applied to vote

AP

http://www.salon.com/2016/10/28/federal-judge-to-florida-why-arent-more-people-registered/

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A federal judge wants to know why nearly 25,000 people who’ve applied to vote haven’t been registered in Florida.

U.S. District Judge Mark Walker has asked state election officials to tell him during a Friday hearing about their efforts to verify voter registration applications.

Walker extended the voter registration deadline from Oct. 11 to Oct. 18 following the disruption caused by Hurricane Matthew. Democrats asked for the extension after Gov. Rick Scott turned down requests to move back the deadline.

During the extended period nearly 103,000 Floridians have been added to the voter rolls. But Walker noted Thursday that the number of applications processed has “slowed dramatically.”



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Federal judge wants to know why Florida hasn’t registered 25,000 people who applied to vote (Original Post) applegrove Oct 2016 OP
Rick Scott says... budkin Oct 2016 #1
Why, why, why. What could the reason be? Gidney N Cloyd Oct 2016 #2
Whoever is behind this needs to be jailed DFW Oct 2016 #3
Needs to be answered and corrected Yesterday!!! Madam45for2923 Oct 2016 #4

DFW

(54,349 posts)
3. Whoever is behind this needs to be jailed
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 06:37 PM
Oct 2016

Even if it's Scott, himself. Actually, ESPECIALLY if it's Scott himself.

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