Posted on 06/01/2012 10:00:35 AM PDT by Carriage Hill
TALLAHASSEE, Fla – Federal authorities are demanding that Florida halt its push to remove ineligible voters from the voter rolls.
In a move that comes just months before the state could play a pivotal role in the 2012 presidential election, the U.S. Department of Justice contends that the state is violating federal law in its effort to identify and remove ineligible voters.
The state's effort has already come under fire from local election supervisors who belong to both political parties, as well as Democratic members of Congress and voting rights groups.
Chris Cate, a spokesman for the Florida Department of State, said state officials were still reviewing the letter, but hinted Florida may fight federal authorities.
"Bottom line is we are firmly committed to doing the right thing and preventing ineligible voters from being able to cast a ballot," Cate said.
Florida, at the urging of Republican Gov. Rick Scott, began looking for non-U.S. citizens on its voter rolls last year. An initial search turned up as many as 182,000 registered voters who may not be U.S. citizens.
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Careful now, you’ll get PETA mad at you if you include the horses they rode into town on.
Maybe he wants to let them vote so he can see for whom they vote, and then pay them.
I don’t doubt that one bit, E5.
Remember that eerie quote (attributed to Stalin, who never actually stood for election)? “It’s not the people who vote that count, it’s the people who count the votes”, or something like that.
...and so the effort to steal the 2012 election begins in earnest.
It’s been ongoing for a while, IINM. Remember the lawsuit against Sheriff Joe’s Dept in AZ for “doing his job”? And there have been others, too. IIRC, which were reported but hadn’t stirred-up much angst since they were last year and not this close to the GE. You are right, though; it’s going to *intensify* now, bigtime.
Somewhere, a “Tree” sorely needs *refreshing*...
Maybe this year we can get some of the Rolling Thunder members to stand outside the polling places. Would sure make a much better picture. We all know that Holder will not care.
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