Rick Scott’s Initial Voter Purge List Shown To Be 98.4% Inaccurate

[Galraedia]

Daily Kos reports the Miami Herald uncovered the fact that Democratic, Independent and Hispanic voters are most likely to fall prey to Florida Governor Rick Scott’s plan to purge voter rolls.

The Herald reported that according to the state’s Division of Elections, 180,000 potential non-citizens were identified by searching a database with outdated, inaccurate information. About 58% of those are Hispanics, who make up 13% of registered active voters in the state. About two-thirds of the suspected non-citizens are located in Miami-Dade, the state’s largest county and comprising the largest population of immigrants. Blacks comprise 14 percent of the list and only account for about 13 percent of the overall voter rolls in the state. Democrats are the largest group on the potential non-citizen list, comprising roughly 40 percent. They also represent about 40% of voter rolls. In stark contrast to those numbers, Republicans, who total 36 percent of voter rolls, account for only 21 percent of the potential non-citizens. Only 13 percent of the non-citizen list is white, even though whites account for more than 68 percent of Florida’s active voter rolls.

ElectionSmith, Inc., an organization that specializes in data collection and analysis, found that out of 2,625 names targeted by the Florida Secretary of State as non-citizens in thirteen counties, only 41 were removed from the rolls. That boils down to a 98.4% error rate on the part of the SOS.

Read more: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/06/30/inaccurate/

[goclark]

1. So what can be done about it?

[HooptieWagon]

3. DOJ arresting Scott and Detzner might be a good start.

Charge them with election fraud and violation of civil rights under the VRA and MV RA.

[robinlynne]

8. +1

[glinda]

9. +1

[goclark]

31. +2 and K and R

Arrest RMoney too please.
Give him a padded cell with and elevator that only has one floor and the reinforced ceiling will be the stopping point!

[chknltl]

33. add one more +1 to this list.

[sendero]

20. I'm sure..

.... Holder will get right on it.

[Scuba]

21. + another

[Auntie Bush]

25. +100

[kestrel91316]

27. DOJ won't touch them. DOJ is controlled by RWers.

[elehhhhna]

28. What about RICO? It IS a conspiracy...

[HooptieWagon]

2. That list of 2600+ was also purported to be "sure fire" illegal voters.

There is no doubt the remaining 180,000 will have a far lower accuracy than the 1.6% of the 2600 list.

[Galraedia]

6. Rick Scott can't prove that voter fraud exists just like how

he couldn't prove that drug use is higher among welfare recipients after passing his bill and having only 2% turn up positive.

[alp227]

12. No wonder his approval ratings have sunken into the 30s

"Poll: Scott Approval Rating Falls To 31%" (WFOR, 6/9/2012): In fact, it's even reported: "The PPP poll found that Scott receives just 53 percent approval from Republicans and that 17 percent would take their chances with (Democratic challenger Nan) Rich rather than voting for Scott." LOL, 17 percent who would DARE vote for...a DemocRAT? LEW-SERS!

Hmm, it seems that even some REPUBLICANS in the state recognize that Scott is doing the drug tests for welfare and voter purge things for political purposes, not because the people are really demanding those things.

And his approval had been in the 30s/40s range thru the second half of 2011.

[retread]

18. I think you are underestimating the stupid in this state. Polls

have found majority support for the undead Governor's policy but no support for him.
People like his purges and pee-tests but dislike him personally. Seems no one likes a zombie.

[SoCalDem]

19. He's not up for re-election, so he probably doesn't care one bit

what HIS numbers are..and if he runs again when his term is up, he has plenty of money available to buy another election..

[julian09]

4. Didn't they stop the purge, thus the low count? nt

[quinnox]

5. this guy is a piece of work

Dishonest, slimy, unethical, only cares about the wealthy top percentile, morally bankrupt, yup, he will go places in todays republican party!

[Doctor_J]

7. Holder should send someone to arrest Scott and the SoS

for conspiracy to violate the VRA, and whatever RICO statutes apply.

STOP APPEASING AND CODDLING THESE PEOPLE. THEY'RE CRIMINALS, AND YOU'RE THE NATION'S CHIEF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER

[glinda]

10. I am angry if they are not arrested. They are breaking the Law.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

13. Don't you know

You can't arrest them, they're the ones that do the arresting.

These assholes could just pass a law that non-whites can't vote and Democrats would say, "That's not right." Republicans would follow with "Shut up!" and Democrats would say, "Okay,....still friends?"

[yardwork]

24. Sad +1

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

11. For a Republican led initiative...

A failure rate of only 98.4% is practically a high water mark for accuracy.

[sakabatou]

14. Why am I not surprised?

[lib2DaBone]

15. pRick Scott running wild.....

pRick Scott is moving forward with his Koch Bros agenda.. and no one can stop him.

He has thumbed his nose at the Feds.. and sadly, the Florida legislature is so corrupt and so far to the right... that it makes Tea-Bag-nuttery look civilized.

Drug testing for food stamps, drug testing for unemployment, voter purges, giving rail money away, Charter schools.

We even have our own version of Sheriff Joe Arpaio.. Sheriff Grady Judd of Lakeland, Fla. (He sees Jesus in toasted cheese sandwiches, wants to bring back public hanging and sees "Muslim" terrorists on every corner. Sheeesh.

[Scurrilous]

16. K & R

[quaker bill]

17. Then its roughly the same

as the "accuracy" of testing welfare recipients for drugs - about 2 percent.

[Canuckistanian]

22. How did "non-citizens" even get to register as either a Democrat or Republican?

Can anyone register without ID?

[yardwork]

23. It was accurate for the purpose it was designed to accomplish.

[valerief]

26. Accuracy, schmaccuracy. What does he care about such things? He wants a feudal system. nt

[DirkGently]

29. That's our Rick. Not one to shy away from pure malevolence.

He's there to screw over Floridians on behalf of business interests and the Republican Party. Period. He has no thought of any other goal. He has infiltrated our state for the purpose of doing harm.

[GeorgeGist]

30. Playing devil's advocate ...

You call that a purge.

[chknltl]

32. 98% inacurate? That's the point isn't it?

Pardon my confusion, are 180,000 members of the American electorate being disenfranchised in Fla.?