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.