Posted on 07/29/2013 9:39:35 AM PDT by kevcol
A federal court in Tampa dismissed the claim by civil rights activists Wednesday challenging the controversial 2012 voter purge enacted by Gov. Rick Scott and the state's Division of Elections to rid the rolls of what they believed were scores of fraudulent voter registrations.
The action was challenged by the the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida and the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law on behalf of Mi Familia Vota and two U.S. citizens and alleged it unconstitutionally targeted minority voters.
The court on Wednesday cited the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on Shelby County v. Holder, which dismantled the part of the federal Voting Rights Act that required that state actions receive federal approval or preclearnace.
(Excerpt) Read more at tampabay.com ...
had challenged Florida’s efforts to make lawful citizens and already legally registered voters re-verify their citizenship or lose their ability to vote. “We believe that the Scott Administration’s voter purge, which disproportionately targeted minority voters, was precisely the sort of voting manipulation that the Voting Rights Act was designed to prevent,” stated Julie Ebenstein, ACLU of Florida staff attorney.
” disproportionately targeted minority voters, “
They weren’t targeted disproportionately, but they were, as usual, disproportionately guilt of fraud.
Correct me if I’m wrong but this seems like a pretty good casualty, the Tampa Bay Times must be a flaming lib rag.
I hope they made the ACLU pay court costs.
Bump :)
And the simplest solution evades them all...purge it ALL. Start from ZERO.
If you can’t bother to re-register in 1.5 yrs. you aren’t giving a sh!t enough to cast a vote ANYWAY.
There are time I hate Scott; this is one of them. I mean, REALLY, is it THAT hard to noodle? Prob. cost less too; no records to verify/correct/etc.
As it stands now, I would guess the Congress has at least 5-8% of it's members sitting and voting on laws because they represent large concentrations of illegals.
The Sanchez sisters come to mind, along with Ed Pastor and Raul Grijalva. But probably lots more.
BTW..they also had another editorial today, calling for a special session of the FL legislature to REPEAL "Stand your ground."
As if!!
interesting a newspaper dependent on low information voters who are KEPT without information by the newspaper.
It should be dangerous to advertise in a newspaper that advocates self defense tort reform.
But but but Uncle Democrat you told us there is no voter fraud; you wouldn’t lie to us, would you Uncle Democrat?
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