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immediately cease its current massive purge of non-citizens and dead persons from its voter rolls, absurdly citing the outdated and outmoded Voting Rights Act of 1965.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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This is good news - it made my day! I can’t wait until November when we can replace our lib governor here in my state with a good republican candidate.
Amen......... I agree with your description of the DC Rino group. haa haaaaaaaa.
Also, We have Scott Walker up here in WI standing very tall. IF we pull this off on Tuesday (5th) by retaining our terrific Governor Walker that will be the shot across the bow for the rest of the country. People like FL governor, Kasich in Ohio and others will begin to gain the big MO and let’s keep it going and drive out the weasles from DC.
Tea anyone?
A few weeks back my wife applied for a state ID card and was asked if she wanted to be registered to vote. There were no questions asked to be sure she was eligible to vote. If I had not been there she would have said yes. One of her supporting documents was her green card. Don’t know about Florida but they need to check the rolls here too in Nebraska.
Why the hell hasn't the bastard been impeached and thrown the hell out of office yet? This is a 1st class travesty.
“Holder should have been purged from public office when the Fast and Furious scandal came to light.”
Actually, Holder should have been given the boot when he refused to prosecute the black panther turds who prevented whites from voting at Philadelphia polling places during the November 2008 election.
If the House impeached Holder, do you really believe the Democrat Senate would move to convict him?
The maxist, racist antiAmerican fool should be serving a long term in Leavenworth.
I think Holder is shoulder deep having already shoved it. What now?
I’d sure love to see some federal judges hold Holder and company in contempt of court for these frivolous law suits.
Throw the SOB in jail for a month or two. Let Obama swallow that outcome.
This has gone so far beyond the pale. The Justice Department now seems like a criminal enterprise, siding with the enemies of our nation.
To those who would like this nation to remain the land of the free, be one of the brave and become a poll watcher. Every voting place in the nation should have watchers ten deep.
It’s nice to see some states standing up to that bully, Holder.
If I was ever convicted, the first think I would do is see if one of the jurors was an illegal alien. If so I think at the very least it would be a mistrial.
In my state, in November all ballots are mailed in. There are no polls. In theory, ballots are only mailed out to registered voters. But the voter roles are not cleaned up and I suppose “dead” people could still vote. Throughout the country much more attention needs to be given to clean up the voter rolls and get rid of dead and illegal voters.
Non-PC title: Florida Tells Holder to go Pound Sand
To little, to late. The economic crash is upon is.
You go Florida.
That is why the ID laws need to be enforced.
Considering these numbers, Bush probably beat Gore by a sizable number of votes in the 2000 election, yet we had to have the Supreme Court step in to keep the left from stealing the Presidency. Then they have the audacity to claim that the election was ‘stolen’ from them.
When you are motivated by hate, like many on the left are, you find it easy to rationalize illegal acts, like fraudulent voting.
Well, now Florida has refused, saying it will not give up its efforts to make sure only legal citizens can vote.Woo-Hoo!!! Way To Go Florida!!!
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