Posted on 06/16/2012 10:42:47 AM PDT by jazusamo
One state-issued list shows 2,600 people who have raised "red flags," based on DMV records.
Liberal critics of Florida's investigation have long rejected the notion of rampant voter fraud.
The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, that produced the 2007 report, "The Truth About Voter Fraud," sorted through thousands of allegations going back to the 1990s.
"Usually, only a tiny portion of the claimed illegality is substantiated," the Brennan Center found, "and most of the remainder is either nothing more than speculation or has been conclusively debunked."
Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Susan Bucher and her Broward County counterpart -- both Democrats -- said recently that a state investigation could find just 18 cases of "real" election fraud in all of Florida.
But in Lee and Collier counties alone, records reveal that at least 46 noncitizens have cast ballots in local elections.
At the latest report, county officials in Florida had removed 43 noncitizens from voter lists.
That hardly constitutes a "purge," but Mahaffey says "43 is a big deal" in a tight swing state like Florida."
"Even if it's just one person who cancels out my vote, it's a felony," said Rooney, a former JAG lawyer for the Army.
Acknowledging that citizenship status can change, county officials say no alleged offenders are taken off the rolls before notification letters are sent out.
The Broward Republican Executive Committee said last month that a sampling of voter registration records found nearly one-quarter of the people listed on the county's election rolls are dead.
Broward REC officials cross-referenced the 2011 Social Security Death Index -- which listed 9,960 county residents as passing away during the year -- and checked 2,100 of these names against the list of registered voters on the supervisor of elections' website.
Some 481 names -- 23 percent -- of the deceased individuals remained listed as "active" voters according to the Broward records.
The sampling was conducted without regard to party registration, said Broward County Republican Chairman Richard DeNapoli.
The Broward REC said it was forwarding its evidence of deceased yet "active" voters "so that the Broward SOE has ample time to conduct a thorough investigation and remove the names of deceased voters from the registration rolls prior to the 2012 primary and general elections.
"All voters want a fair and honest election and we know that Broward SOE, Dr. Brenda C. Snipes, will correct this oversight. We hope to work with her on this endeavor," DeNapoli said in a statement.
On Friday, the League of Women Voters of Florida reminded residents that there are only 30 days left to register to vote in the Aug. 14 primary.
"Florida's primary election has never been held this early. Given the changes in the state's elections laws, the League encourages Florida voters to call their local supervisor of elections to check their voter registration status and, if necessary, update it," advised Charley Williams, LWVF Voter Services chair.
"This is particularly important for voters who have recently moved or changed their name."
Williams also had advice for remote voters ahead of the July 16 registration deadline.
"If you plan to vote by mail, call your supervisor to renew your vote-by-mail request and make sure your ballot arrives in time for the election," Williams said.
Meantime, Rooney threw down a challenge to Holder. In a letter to the attorney general, the Tequesta Republican lectured:
"It is time for you to end your blatant politicization of your position as attorney general and the Department of Justice as a whole."
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