Florida To Sue Obama Administration Over Voter Registration
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2012/06/13 00:30:43
The Obama administration’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is about to be sued by the state of Florida. Governor Rick Scott (R), a Tea Party favorite, said he will bring a lawsuit against DHS in order to move ahead with his attempt to purge the voter rolls of ineligible voters.
Scott said on Monday, “I have a job to do to defend the right of legitimate voters. We’ve been asking for the Department of Homeland Security’s database, SAVE, for months, and they haven’t given it to us. So this afternoon, we will be filing a lawsuit, the secretary of State of Florida, against the Department of Homeland Security to give us that database. We want to have fair, honest elections in our state and we have been put in a position that we have to sue the federal government to get this information.”
“We’re sitting here trying to watch how we spend our money, pay down our debt, do the right things for the citizens of our state, and the federal government tells us, ‘Oh, no, you can’t do the right thing for our citizens and we’re going to sue you,’ ” Scott said on Fox News. “It doesn’t make sense.” So far, more than 500 have been identified as citizens and lawful voters on the voter rolls. About 40 people statewide have been identified as noncitizens. At least four might have voted and could be guilty of a third-degree felony.
The eligibility of about 2,000 have not been identified one way or the other. This is exactly why the rolls need to be purged. If you recognize and verify someone is eligible, you simply do not purge them. If not then you purge them. This is really very simply and contrary to Sancho’s claims is not illegal. It’s merely common sense and it is a state’s rights issue, not the responsibility of the federal government.
Scott said on Monday, “I have a job to do to defend the right of legitimate voters. We’ve been asking for the Department of Homeland Security’s database, SAVE, for months, and they haven’t given it to us. So this afternoon, we will be filing a lawsuit, the secretary of State of Florida, against the Department of Homeland Security to give us that database. We want to have fair, honest elections in our state and we have been put in a position that we have to sue the federal government to get this information.”
“We’re sitting here trying to watch how we spend our money, pay down our debt, do the right things for the citizens of our state, and the federal government tells us, ‘Oh, no, you can’t do the right thing for our citizens and we’re going to sue you,’ ” Scott said on Fox News. “It doesn’t make sense.” So far, more than 500 have been identified as citizens and lawful voters on the voter rolls. About 40 people statewide have been identified as noncitizens. At least four might have voted and could be guilty of a third-degree felony.
The eligibility of about 2,000 have not been identified one way or the other. This is exactly why the rolls need to be purged. If you recognize and verify someone is eligible, you simply do not purge them. If not then you purge them. This is really very simply and contrary to Sancho’s claims is not illegal. It’s merely common sense and it is a state’s rights issue, not the responsibility of the federal government.
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