Paper: Jeb Bush Ignored Felon List Advice

[fearnobush]

Wow, someone is actually reporting this.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida Gov. Jeb Bush ignored advice to throw out a flawed felon voter list before it went out to county election offices despite warnings from state officials, according to a published report Saturday.

In a May 4 e-mail obtained by the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Florida Department of Law Enforcement computer expert Jeff Long told his boss that a Department of State computer expert had told him "that yesterday they recommended to the Gov that they 'pull the plug'" on the voter database.

The e-mail said state election officials "weren't comfortable with the felon matching program they've got," but added, "The Gov rejected their suggestion to pull the plug, so they're 'going live' with it this weekend."

Long, who was responsible for giving elections officials his department's felon database, confirmed the contents of the e-mail Friday to the Herald-Tribune. He said he didn't remember the specifics, but that Paul Craft, the Department of State's top computer expert, had told him about the meeting with Bush.

A software program matched data on felons with voter registration rolls to create the list of 48,000 names. Secretary of State Glenda Hood junked the database in July after acknowledging that 2,500 ex-felons on the list had had their voting rights restored.

Most were Democrats, and many were black. Hispanics, who often vote Republican in Florida, were almost entirely absent from the list due to a technical error.

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[grannylib]

1. Golly, amazing that the American press is covering it this time. It took

Greg Palast to break the story of the Sept. 18 2000 letter in the theft of the election last time, and it barely got a mention in the US press.
People had better wake up - they are bound and determined to steal it again; they know that if the election is legitimate and every vote is counted, they're going down. And they won't tolerate that. They have an empire to build!

[truthisfreedom]

2. rate it 5! DU it now!

[slor]

3. Done n/t

[Moderator]

4. Duplicate

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