of course people who vote in Fla have absolutely no reason to douibt anything these intelligent and highly competent people say.
Yup, Kerry announced months ago that he already hired the Lawyers......
And something Dean said on H&C one night caught my attention, he said "On Jan 21 the American people will know who the pres. is."[paraphrased]
98.0977 Statewide voter registration database; operation and maintenance.--
(3)(d) When the supervisor of elections finds information through the database that suggests that a voter has been convicted of a felony and has not had his or her civil rights restored or has been adjudicated mentally incompetent and his or her mental capacity with respect to voting has not been restored, the supervisor of elections shall notify the voter by certified United States mail. The notification shall contain a statement as to the reason for the voter's potential ineligibility to be registered to vote and shall request information from the voter on forms provided by the supervisor of elections. As an alternative, the voter may attend a hearing at a time and place specified in the notice. If there is evidence that the notice was not received, notice must be given once by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. The notice must plainly state that the voter is potentially ineligible to be registered to vote and must state a time and place for the person to appear before the supervisor of elections to show cause why his or her name should not be removed from the voter registration rolls. After reviewing the information provided by the voter, if the supervisor of elections determines that the voter is not eligible to vote under the laws of this state, the supervisor of elections shall notify the voter by certified United States mail that he or she has been found ineligible to be registered to vote in this state, shall state the reason for the ineligibility, and shall inform the voter that he or she has been removed from the voter registration rolls. The supervisor of elections shall remove from the voter registration rolls the name of any voter who fails either to respond within 30 days to the notice sent by certified mail or to attend the hearing.
98.0977 Statewide voter registration database; operation and maintenance.--
(3)(e) Upon hearing all evidence in a hearing, the supervisor of elections must determine whether there is sufficient evidence to strike the person's name from the registration books. If the supervisor determines that there is sufficient evidence, he or she must strike the name.
The whole "purged felons fiasco" is a direct result of the company hired to do the checking using databases rather than on site courthouse research.
There is no database in America that is accurate to the degree required to screen employees effectively, let alone voters with felony convictions. The FBI doesn't have one, nor does any single state, nor does any organization within our Federal system.
Which is why employers are specifically forbidden to make "hire / no hire" decisions based solely on databases.
Whats irritating to me is the politics are obscuring the real problem. That, and I could fix it myself in less than 14 business days. All my company would need is the names, SSN's and DOB's. It would cost approximately $310,000 to get it done.