Feds to Florida: halt non-citizen voter purge

Miami Herald ^ | May 31, 2012 | Marc Caputo

[Innovative]

The Justice Department told Florida election officials that they must stop their non-citizen voters purge. Florida argues it is not violating any law.

The Justice Department ordered Florida’s elections division to halt a systematic effort to find and purge the state’s voter rolls of noncitizen voters.

Florida’s effort appears to violate both the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which protects minorities, and the 1993 National Voter Registration Act – which governs voter purges – T. Christian Herren Jr., the Justice Department’s lead civil rights lawyer, wrote in a detailed two-page letter sent late Thursday night.

State officials said they were reviewing the letter. But they indicated they might fight DOJ over its interpretation of federal law and expressed frustration that President Barack Obama’s administration has stonewalled the state’s noncitizen voter hunt for nine months.

[Ingtar]

Why did the geniuses in Florida wait until after the deadline before they tried to start purging?

Florida began the process nine months ago and the Feds delayed it until it was "too late".

[Dan Nunn]

Florida began the process nine months ago and the Feds delayed it until it was "too late".

Precisely. However, after making my Post 20, I decided to look up the law here:

(2)(A) A State shall complete, not later than 90 days prior to the date of a primary or general election for Federal office, any program the purpose of which is to systematically remove the names of ineligible voters from the official lists of eligible voters.

Unfortunately, it does look like the DOJ may have a point. The purge isn't "completed" as it says in the law, and the August 16th primary is a primary for Federal offices (to nominate the opponent of Sen. Bill Nelson, for one).

I guess I'll wait to hear Gov. Scott's response to see what the State's defense is.

[MindBender26]

Florida AG Pam Bondi to DOJ;

BIOYAC

[Presbyterian Reporter]

Similar story in Tampa Tribune—

The Tampa Tribune is minimizing voter fraud as Liberal Media is required to do. You have to go to the bottom of this story to find that, in fact, illegal aliens have registered to vote in Florida.

“Pasco Elections Supervisor Brian Corley said he received 13 names. Two have proved they are citizens, nine haven’t responded and two acknowledged they are not citizens, so Corley referred their names to the state attorney for possible prosecution”.

[MamaDearest]

The US Justice Department wants to prevent Florida from upholding the law. Do people realize the magnitude of this?!

Why are taxpayers funding a Department of Justice that is not enforcing America's laws? Either Eric Holder should be fired and/or the Department should be abolished.

Zero wants Marshal Law. Imagine Holder enforcing that?

[hoosiermama]

Our counties records were purged quietly before the 2010 election by order of our SoS.

Too bad the order was made so public.

Stand with you FL and AZ. Stand strong!

[The Great RJ]

What part of non citizens cannot vote in US elections does the DOJ not get? This is insane...it is pretty obvious that the right to vote is limited to citizens so if non citizens have gotten their name on the voting list they should be purged if not prosecuted. Holder needs to be impeached

[Movemout]

marshal law= matt dillon on gunsmoke
martial law= government rule by means of force

[CSM]

From the article:

“But the citizenship data in many cases is out of date. That is, many people become citizens after they get their ID and then register to vote. But the highway safety database isn’t updated.”

How on earth is that even possible? The system is broken, but that is by design.

[Cheerio]

Nothing make it legal for non-citizens to vote, hence no law of any kind prohibits a state from ensuring that non-citizens do not vote. The Justice Dept. is depending on being able to intimidate Florida, not on being able to have their opinion upheld.

The RAT party is so desperate to hold onto power they have to get all the undocumented DemocRATS to vote that they can possibly find. NOTHING WILL BE ALLOWED TO STAND IN THEIR WAY.

AMERICA are we ready to rumble??

[Vaduz]

Void all Florida votes.

[PapaBear3625]

Unfortunately, it does look like the DOJ may have a point. The purge isn't "completed" as it says in the law, and the August 16th primary is a primary for Federal offices (to nominate the opponent of Sen. Bill Nelson, for one).

OK, so have the purge not be in effect for the primary, but be in effect for the general. I think what the DOJ is going to try to argue is that the purge is too late for the primary, and the primary is less than 90 days before the general election, so you can't have it the day after the primary either.

[mojito]

Holder was telling Black pastors how to campaign of 0bama just a couple of days ago, despite it being illegal for religious tax-exempt institutions to engage in partisan politics.

Nothing would surprise me about this criminal rogue regime.

[zeugma]

He was appointed to his position.

By Hindenberg IIRC

[Matchett-PI]

You’re exactly right! bttt

We need to email or otherwise contact everyone we know in the State of FL and ask them to do likewise!

[Matchett-PI]

You wrote: “It looks like the Guv is gonna say “Nuts” to Attorney General Eric Himmler and his Ministry of JustUs. But he has to hear from us if WE mean business like he is evincing so far! Floridian or not, every freeper concerned about the integrity of our voting system should contact Governor Scott in Tallahassee.”

BTTT

Click here to email, or otherwise contact Governor Rick Scott:

http://www.flgov.com/contact-gov-scott/

[MamaDearest]

My bad spelling - will teach me to post when I should be napping. Sorry about that.

[MinuteGal]

To all freepers who support honest elections.....and calling all Florida freepers, also.....

Please read post #19...then go to Matchett-PI's post # 36 which has a link to the Florida Governor's in-box.

This is to make it easy for you to send a strong message of support to Governor Scott personally in his fight with Attorney General HeinEric Himmler and his Washington DC Ministry of JustUs.

THIS IS A FREEP! This is what we're here for, correcto??? Punch that link and tell Governor Scott we voting conservatives are in the foxhole with him !!!

You don't have to be a Floridian to send your support to the Guv, either.

Thanks, Leni/MinuteGal...Florida

[M Kehoe]

Good evening lovely lady. Thanks for the ping. Will do.

5.56mm

[MinuteGal]

"Good evening, lovely lady. Thanks for the ping. Will do."

Good evening, Sir Lancelot. Thanks for riding right into the battle between good and evil, LOL.

Leni