Florida voting purge will continue, despite federal warning...

[kentuck]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/02/florida-voter-purge-federal-warning_n_1564131.html

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Florida will defy a federal warning to stop purging people the state suspects aren't U.S. citizens from voter registration rolls.

Despite a Justice Department letter, objections from county elections officials and evidence that a disproportionate number are voters of color, Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner's office planned to continue scrubbing the election rolls, a spokesman said Friday. Gov. Rick Scott (R) ordered the search for potentially ineligible voters.

“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 than 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."

Justice Department officials declined to comment on Florida’s plans.

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[annabanana]

1. Where are the troops to escort people to the polls?

If there was ever a time for a strong arm, this is it.

[Hawkowl]

2. SWAT team

I think a raid on the Secretary of State offices by men in full black body armor and the arrest of these public officials would do the trick.

[kentuck]

3. States rights, Baby!

The Justice Dept should come down on them with a 10-ton hammer... Any state official that does not go along with the order to stop purging names will be subject to criminal penalty. This goes for the Governor as well as any of his Cabinet or any lower state officials.

[lamp_shade]

4. HP's title waaaay misleading, as usual. The spokes person said nothing about

Defying Federal Warning or continuing with the recently attempted purge. She simply said "“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,” To me, that just says they'll find some way to do it LEGALLY. We shall see.

[kentuck]

5. But.....

they are going to move forward with purging names?

[lamp_shade]

7. Spokeswoman's full statement > >

“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 than ineligible voters cannot vote. 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."

To say "okay, we'll stop" could have been incriminating. Somebody had to make a statement so she said... we have an obligation... we will do it legally. That's all. Any SOS would have made the statement... It's part of their job. I see no indication that they plan to defy the feds. That the justice department had no comment makes sense to me. Nothing to see there.

[kentuck]

8. You may be right?

They may have the best intentions? We shall see...

[DLevine]

6. Of course it will continue.

Laws are for the little people....or maybe that was taxes.

[RobertEarl]

9. Florida?

Isn't that where the presidential election was stolen?

What makes anyone think Florida gives a damn about voter rights? Even the people there hardly care.

[longship]

10. Your post is counter to the reportage!

TPM and Think Progress and even previous DU threads are reporting that all 67 election officers in FL have ceased to implement the purge.

Please update this thread if you have definitive evidence to the contrary. Or delete this thread if I am correct.

Thanks. Just trying to keep DU accurate.