Posted on 02/20/2015 10:20:18 AM PST by jazusamo
Florida Governor Rick Scott has opened the door to illegal aliens voting in Florida elections. He has decided that Florida will not appeal a ruling that limited the state’s ability to remove illegal aliens and non-citizens from Florida’s voter rolls. Even Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi opposes Scott’s abandonment of the appeal.
But do non-citizens and illegal aliens actually vote in Florida elections? Yes, hundreds of times, and more. Meet Yvonne Wigglesworth. Wigglesworth was but one of hundreds of non-citizens found by local news media investigative reports as having voted in multiple Florida elections. Wigglesworth is not a citizen.
John Fund writes:
Indeed, in 2012 the NBC affiliate in Fort Myers, Fla., reported that it had found at least 100 individuals in just one county who had been excused from jury duty because they were not citizens but who were registered to vote. Many had also voted in at least one election.
If Rick Scott doesn’t appeal a lower court ruling that says illegal aliens can’t be removed from the voter rolls before an election, it means illegal aliens and non-citizens will continue to vote in Florida elections. Remember, the presidency was decided in Florida by a few hundred votes. Florida has effectively chosen the last two Republican nominees.
Again, Fund:
It should have been a no-brainer for Governor Scott to appeal the “absurd” Eleventh Circuit Court ruling to the Supreme Court. He had the sole power to decide the issue. In a press release announcing the decision, his office claimed he had everything under control: “Florida is in an excellent position to conduct fair elections. … We will never stop working to eliminate fraud and abuse and make further improvements when they are needed.” Hogwash. It’s as if Governor Scott had decided to tie both his hands behind his back and then declared he was fully prepared to box a ten-round fight. Florida officials are gobsmacked over Scott’s decision not to appeal. So are national experts.
“An issue of such importance and he gives up the fight, some call it surrender; others a mistake; I call it treason! “
He was found guilty of violating federal law. Even if he appealed the federal law would still stand and nothing would be changed except that the plantiffs’ lawyer fees would not be paid by the state.
“Did you read the article?
“He has decided that Florida will not appeal a ruling that limited the state’s ability to remove illegal aliens and non-citizens from Florida’s voter roll”
The ruling does not effect existing federal law. The only thing affected by this ruling is who has to pay the lawyers.
“I agree it does sound like treason. I do not see it as surrender or a mistake. Like you said, it is an important issue - and he doesn’t feel like taking action? He is using this as an excuse to facilitate his private agenda of supporting voter fraud.”
LOL! It was Scott that pushed the limits to ELIMINATE illegals. The FEDs came down on him for this. He took action to remove illegals and is still doing that. Your post belongs in the trash can.
Just another member of the elitist class of morons.
“Or...Scott has his eye on higher office and he doesn’t want to appear to be a meanie to the invaders of our nation”
Uh, he was found guilty of illegally purging voter rolls of illegals. DUH.
“Just another member of the elitist class of morons.”
I can’t believe the posts. Scott purges voter rolls of illegals by forcing the DHS to turn over files and he gets his hand slapped by the FEDs and everyone is bad-mouthing Scott? Get REAL.
Geez, don’t be so sensitive here. The point is he backed down from enforcing his own state law, which is very weird considering he seems to be alone in chickening out...which made me think about higher aspirations that need support for such a capitulation. Very sad that he holds the feds in higher authority over a states-rights issue, which needs to be challenged throughout the Republic. Scott of all people shouldn’t have buckled so easily.
“. The point is he backed down from enforcing his own state law, which is very weird considering he seems to be alone in chickening out...which made me think about higher aspirations that need support for such a capitulation. Very sad that he holds the feds in higher authority over a states-rights issue, which needs to be challenged throughout the Republic. Scott of all people shouldn’t have buckled so easily.”
He enforced state law. That is why the case was brought. As for an appeal, it would not affect any laws, just who pays the lawyers for this case. As for as the future, all Florida has to do is ensure the rolls are purged at least 90 days before the election.
“Geez, don’t be so sensitive here.”
Then don’t misrepresent Scott’s actions.
” he seems to be alone in chickening out...”
What Scott’s office didn’t say was that the attempted purge severely strained relations between his administration and the supervisors, many of whom said the data compiled by the state was unreliable. Scott’s Secretary of State, Ken Detzner, suspended a second purge effort in March of last year amid an outcry from supervisors.
“Very sad that he holds the feds in higher authority over a states-rights issue, which needs to be challenged throughout the Republic.”
The case was not challenging the Federal law. Appealing and winning would not affect any federal or state law, nor the enforcement of either.
“In my view it should still be appealed, illegally registered voters should be removed up to and including election day.”
Illegals can be removed up to and including election date. The judges specifically said this was allowed.
“Republicans can’t even get any guts to take this on either which is a joke.”
Uh, because republicans were aggressively taking on this issue is the reason for the suit.
In case anyone is interested in the decision:
In closing, we emphasize that our interpretation of the 90 Day Provision [of the NRVA] does not in any way handcuff a state from using its resources to ensure that non-citizens are not listed in the voter rolls. The 90 Day Provision by its terms only applies to programs which “systematically” remove the names of ineligible voters. As a result, the 90 Day Provision would not bar a state from investigating potential non-citizens and removing them on the basis of individualized information, even within the 90-day window. All that the 90 Day Provision prohibits is a program whose purpose is to “systematically remove the names of ineligible voters” from the voter rolls within the last 90 days before a federal election. 42 U.S.C. § 1973gg-6(c)(2)(A).
The filthy corruption of many county election officials throughout Florida is an open secret.
Cleaning it up is a long ugly process, and it's being fought against by every government teat sucking partisan employee hack throughout the entire political spectrum!
And that's just one segment of government!
So....purge the rolls tomorrow!
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