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  • State kills flawed felon purge list (Florida)

    07/10/2004 3:23:45 PM PDT · by A_Niceguy_in_CA · 20 replies · 885+ views
    Miami Herald ^ | July 10, 2004 | MARY ELLEN KLAS
    State kills flawed felon purge list BY MARY ELLEN KLAS meklas@herald.com TALLAHASSEE - Florida election officials conceded an enormous mistake Saturday and abandoned the controversial list the state was using to remove convicted felons from the state's voter rolls. The reason for the about face, after defending the list in a letter to local elections officials as late as 5 p.m. Friday: a flaw in the method fails to include most felons who classify themselves as Hispanic. Secretary of State Glenda Hood announced at 1 p.m. Saturday that an ''unintentional and unforeseen discrepancy'' in the potential felon database ''related to...