Posted on 05/31/2012 6:00:14 PM PDT by Hunton Peck
The Justice Department sent a letter to Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner Thursday evening demanding the state cease purging its voting rolls because the process it is using has not been cleared under the Voting Rights Act, TPM has learned.
DOJ also said that Florida’s voter roll purge violated the National Voter Registration Act, which stipulates that voter roll maintenance should have ceased 90 days before an election, which given Florida’s August 14 primary, meant May 16.
Five of Florida’s counties are subject to the Voting Rights Act, but the state never sought permission from either the Justice Department or a federal court to implement its voter roll maintenance program. Florida officials said they were trying to remove non-citizens from the voting rolls, but a flawed process led to several U.S. citizens being asked to prove their citizenship status or be kicked off the rolls.
Six members of Congress wrote Gov. Rick Scott earlier this week demanding that he stop purging the state’s voting rolls since the process improperly flagged numerous individuals who were eligible to vote.
“To enable us to meet our responsibility to enforce federal law, please inform us by June 6 of the action that the State of Florida plans to take concerning the matters discussed in this letter,” Christian Herren, chief of the voting section of DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, wrote in the letter obtained by TPM. “Specifically, please advise whether the State intends to cease the practice discussed above, so that the Department can determine what futher action, if any, is necessary.”
.....ssshhhhhhh, Mr Holder!
EVERYBODY KNOWS! The need for "stealth" and "spin" and other noble excuses are not needed. We all know that you don't give a rat's ass about "voting rights" or anything else except that you stay in power.
.....the jig is up.....
As far as I’m concerned, the DOJ can go ‘blank’ itself. Voters are a state issue. The state has the authority to delete non-citizens and non-existant people from the voter rolls, as well as duplicates and people that already vote in other states.
The ‘rats want to keep as many illegal votes as possible so that they have a snowball’s chance of winning a second term. Fact is, without massive voter fraud, Obambi wouldn’t have won his first election. There just aren’t enough stupid people around to elect such a moron.
The five counties in Florida that the VRA covers are: Collier, Hardee, Hendry, Hillsborough and Monroe.
This August primary sounds like a state and or local election and not federal.
-——Six members of Congress wrote Gov. Rick Scott earlier this week demanding that he stop purging the state’s voting rolls ———
Unless they are six members of the Florida Congressional Delegation....Scott should tell them to run for office in Florida then he will give a flying “ F” what they think....
It really fries my ass the congressman from other states stick their noses in my states business.....asshats
Of course. How will Maobama win otherwise?
The ONLY reason to oppose Voter ID is to facilitate CHEATING.
Offer anyone who can prove he’s a live, legal Florida voter a cash bonus if he was erroneously removed from the rolls. Sufficient for a nice dinner out, or a day at the Seminole casino ...
The natives are getting restless
The state instructed the county Supervisors of Elections to go through their rolls and clean it up. The state did not order the person off the roles, it was the county Supervisor of Elections who created the mess and it appears certain individuals were chosen to create the story we now have.
Is that simple enough for you?
The Just Us Departmaent has to clear the way so that Dear Leader can raise the dead so he can win the election.
It’s really very simple:
If any dead people come in to vote they can vote with a provisional, no questions asked...
Holder was appointed for this election. He will do whatever he can, manipulate his office in whatever way to get Obama re-elected.
In this election, we will witness the worst the US has to offer. They will attempt to corrupt the process in any way and attempt to invalidate it in the eyes of the people. It will make 2000/2001 look like an infant’s playdate. I hope Romney’s people have better lawyers.
“Florida officials said they were trying to remove non-citizens from the voting rolls, but a flawed process led to several U.S. citizens being asked to prove their citizenship status or be kicked off the rolls. “
Oh heavens to Betsy!
“Let’s Roll.”
I am hoping that Gov Scott holds the line on this one. Here in Broward Co our SOE “Dr” Brenda Snipes spoke in circles at a news conference about this issue. Best I could tell was that she was dragging her heels as hard as she could in hopes that Mr Holder would issue an order and save the day. Her PHD came to her the same way that obama’s early fame came to him IMHO. She certainly does not speak like a PHD.
Oh and I would like to thank Charlie “lite loafers” again for his appointment of our SOE. When the last one got thrown out of office (I forget why and don’t feel like looking it up...doesn’t matter anyway) he had such an opportunity to give this great big dem county a breath of fresh air and see what would happen. Yet what does he do? thats right, appoint yet another dem of the same color so as not to offend anyone. And now we are stuck with her since she is smart enough to make militant decisions without appearing to be militant.
I would be very grateful if one of the legal eagles that hang out here would explain to me how we can have a law that requires 11 states to be treated differently than the other 39?
What the Democrat media doesn’t bother to mention is that anyone can vote using a provisional ballot.
Nothing is perfect and the rolls need to be purged from time to time. If MR 91yo whiny Democrat shows up at the polls and isn’t listed, he can vote provisionally and if necessary provide supporting documentation after the election.
See how simple that is? Unless you’re a liberal, of course.
Purge The DOJ.
When this asshole comes across on fast and furious, then we can talk about purging the voter rolls
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