Posted on 06/03/2012 7:27:19 PM PDT by montag813
by John Hill
Stand With Arizona
Florida has drawn a line in the sand which must be adopted by every state against an Attorney General and administration which is increasingly abusing and distorting the law to stop efforts to keep illegal voters away from the polls this November.
The Department of Justice this week demanded that Florida immediately cease its current massive purge of non-citizens and dead persons from its voter rolls, absurdly citing the outdated and outmoded Voting Rights Act of 1965. Well, now Florida has refused, saying it will not give up its efforts to make sure only legal citizens can vote.
The Gist
Two weeks ago, Florida found 53,000 dead people registered to vote, and removed them from the rolls. In addition, Florida has discovered a staggering 186,000 potential non-citizens who are registered to vote may have voted, and worked furiously to investigate, remove them, and prosecute those who have voted.
So far, Florida's Secretary of State Ken Detzner has identified 2,700 of these non-citizens, and forwarded them to the counties in which the reside. Hispanics account for 58 percent of those flagged as potential noncitizens, a Miami Herald analysis found, and most of those exposed appear to be illegal aliens.
And, despite what critics of voter ID laws always say - that voter fraud is not an issue - the numbers of voters amongst non-citizens exposed is quite alarming: Of the more than 1,600 non-citizens in Miami-Dade, about 65 percent have cast ballots. About 72 percent have cast ballots of the 262 identified in Broward.
Florida officials even requested data from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to help them determine which potential voters were non-citizens.
The Battle
So, of course the "Department of Justice" sprung into action to make sure that the sacrosanct right to vote was not being corrupted by thousands of ineligible voters.....right?
Not on your life. The race-obsessed Department of "Just Us" did what it has always done since January 20, 2009: stop any and all efforts to keep illegal voters from the polls. So the same Obama DOJ, which has already, unlawfully, blocked Voter ID laws in Texas and South Carolina, and attempted (unsuccessfully) to stop an effort to keep illegal aliens from voting in Arizona.
So of course if there are illegal aliens and dead people - nearly all "minorities" and Democrats - voting, the DOJ will make sure they keep on doing exactly that. In a letter issued late Thursday, T. Christian Herren Jr., who leads the Justice Department voting section, demanded that Florida immediately put a stop to the purge, telling Detzner that the state's plan to review the status of the 2,600 suspected non-citizens and purge them if the voters fail to prove citizenship appears to violate the infamous "Section 5 " of the 1965 Voting Rights Act (which still allows the DOJ to obstruct electoral activities of states which had race issues 50 years ago!) and the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (the infamous vote fraud magnet also known as "Motor Voter").
Florida's response? No way...
“We have an obligation to make sure the voter rolls are accurate and we are going to continue forward and do everything that we can legally do to make sure that ineligible voters cannot vote,” said Chris Cate, a spokesman for Detzner. “We are firmly committed to doing the right thing and preventing ineligible voters from being able to cast a ballot. We are not going to give up our efforts to make sure the voter rolls are accurate."Now the battle really begins. Democrat-controlled counties are saying they will obey the DOJ and cease their part in the purge. But that won't last long, as Florida law gives the Secretary of State the final say on these matters. And the law is on Florida's side, as the statutes allowing the purge have already been pre-cleared. And, as PJ Tatler said, "if Section 5 allows the Attorney General to stop states from ensuring that citizens of foreign countries don’t vote for President, I doubt Holder will find much support on the Supreme Court."
So kudos to Gov. Rick Scott, SoS Detzner and the state of Florida for taking the Washington corruptocrats head-on, as Arizona did (and won). Now it's time for Texas, South Carolina and other states to do the same. Say NO to embattled A.G. Holder and this Administration's disgraceful attempt to undermine the rule of law and enable massive voter fraud.
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Why does Holder still have a job?? Congressman Issa needs to hold him in contempt! Might need to contact my Congressman Trey Gowdy.....
As a certain El Rushbo might say....
RIGHT ON! RIGHT ON! RIGHT ON!
Let him try.
Things are coming to a head.
Obama is being vetted! I know it’s a drip, drip, drip thing. But it IS happening. And people are paying attention this time.
The country is circling the drain. People are paying attention.
Too good to be true.
If Jeb Bush was still Fl. Governor he would have humbly submitted to Prince Holder on high. Just ask the little blind swamp judge Greer about that who ordered Terri Schiavo’s death and Jeb bowed down in obedience to him.
Personally, I love Rick Scott. He hasn’t been a perfect Governor but he has done so much right.
Unfortunately, his failure to address constant attacks by the liberal rags here in FL is very reminiscent of George W. Bush. Now, granted, he can’t get the kind of media attention a sitting President can garner, but Chris Christie is proof that a governor can get in front of the attacks and own the opinion. If Gov. Scott doesn’t start doing that soon, he’ll be toast by next election no matter what - he’ll have galvanized the liberal base to GOTV.
I want to see him out there next week and explain why he’s doing what he’s doing and why those who oppose getting illegal aliens and dead people off the voter rolls are insane. Unfortunately, all we will probably see is a press release from his Secretary of State.
I’m surprised Scott didn’t cave since he’s sure to be called a racist now. That’s usually enough to scare off Republicans.
“Holder should have been purged from public office when the Fast and Furious scandal came to light. He has no integrity and is a disgrace to his post.”
And just where are those nutless bastards, Issa, Boner, Cantor, and McCarthy?
Hiding under their desks? I want a Congress who will stand up to the Crooked Zebra Administration and all its minions. If Boner wants to cry, let him do it as a private citizen. What a worthless weasel!
Imagine for a moment that you are on Trial. Registered Voters, yes the same ones that Florida has discovered are Illegal Aliens, openly serve on the Jury that stands in Judgment of your actions. You know, like George Zimmerman will be facing.
Would we be labeled Racists if our Lawyer asked the Court to verify that those twelve people that have your life in their hands are actually qualified as American Citizens to serve as Jurors?
For some reason, this little issue is never discussed, just as the chance of people sneaking across our Sovereign Border who may be carrying all sorts of Communicable Diseases that we had long since eviscerated, such as Polio.
Yes my FRiends, we are the crazy ones for daring to ask.
He didn't cave on drug testing welfare recipients. A judge blocked that.
He didn't cave on drug testing state employees. A judge blocked that.
It's an uphill battle, but Gov. Scott's been doing a great job. You can just tell by how much the liberal rags like the Miami Herald and the "St. Petersburg-based Tampa Bay Times" (how the Tampa Tribune humorously refers to their cross-bay opponents) hate him.
You have to be one serious die-hard anti-American commie to stand for non-citizens voting in our elections. Holder is just such trash.
Jail time for Holder if the commies lose.
FLA ping .......................................... FRegards
I’m proud of Governor Scott for standing his ground and doing what’s right. Again. I hope the disgusting abuse of power by Holder becomes huge news, and not just in Florida. Scott’s the man! The rest of this country needs to take a cue from him and purge their own ineligible “voters” from their ranks. We finally have a good governor in Florida.
“The democRats are in trouble if the dead and illegal can’t vote.”
That is really the underlying issue in a nutshell. The Obama campaign has run the numbers and has figured out that unless they can pull off massive voter fraud in the key states, he is toast in November. There will be massive voter fraud—that is a given—its just a question of how much.
Hey Holder!
Good news! Keep up the good work, Florida!
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