Showdown in Florida: Lawsuits fly as Florida continues to purge its voting roles. Whose Side Are you on?
Assassin~ Badass Buzz Guru
2012/06/12 12:08:08
|
|
|||||
|
59 votes
|
|
82% | |||
|
13 votes
|
|
18% | |||
The Battle Royal begins in Florida. In this corner we have Governor Rick Scott, who wants to purge the Florida Voting Roles of 182,000 SUSPECTED illegal voters.
In this corner we have the United States Federal Government, who says that this is an attempt at voter suppression. The Department of Justice has ORDERED, the state of Florida to stop purging its voter roles in this fashion.
The Justice Department said it will sue Florida in federal court for
violating two federal laws that prevent states from suppressing voters.
The state will be subject to "enforcement action," the agency said in a
curtly worded letter.
Hours earlier, Florida filed a lawsuit of its own against the federal
government. Secretary of State Ken Detzner, who oversees elections, sued
the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, accusing the agency of
denying access to a federal database with information about immigrants.
The lawsuit claims the federal agency forced the state to run afoul of
at least one of the two federal voting laws the Justice Department
accuses it of flouting.
So Whose side are you on: The State of Florida and Rick Scott or the Federal government Department of Justice?
In this corner we have the United States Federal Government, who says that this is an attempt at voter suppression. The Department of Justice has ORDERED, the state of Florida to stop purging its voter roles in this fashion.
The Justice Department said it will sue Florida in federal court for
violating two federal laws that prevent states from suppressing voters.
The state will be subject to "enforcement action," the agency said in a
curtly worded letter.
Hours earlier, Florida filed a lawsuit of its own against the federal
government. Secretary of State Ken Detzner, who oversees elections, sued
the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, accusing the agency of
denying access to a federal database with information about immigrants.
The lawsuit claims the federal agency forced the state to run afoul of
at least one of the two federal voting laws the Justice Department
accuses it of flouting.
So Whose side are you on: The State of Florida and Rick Scott or the Federal government Department of Justice?
Read More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/11/rick-scot...
Top Opinion
-
JP 2012/06/12 13:15:15I support Rick Scott in the voter Purge
If you walk up to the registration table at the polling place on the day of election and your name is not on the registration roll, you can file a provisional ballot. It's the same form everyone else uses but instead of being counted right away, your vote is reviewed by the election board to verify that you are a citizen.
It's called provisional because your vote is counted providing that you are a citizen.
http://www.miamidade.gov/elec...
"doesn't count"?
Why?
Because the voter failed to supply the information to be validated?
You can see from the form what information the voter needs to be validated.
http://election.dos.state.fl....
The claim that the provisional ballot didn't count includes those ballots that failed to provide the information to validate their vote.
But do you recall the election of Bush in 2000 (for the whole nation) came down to counting 'hanging chads' in the state of Florida?
So exceptions to 'rarely a factor' definitely occur and can alter the events in the course of a nation.
Al Franken . . . I think is what he is referring to.
And you are doing a good job of raising awareness.
Is that a progressive term for "Purging Illegals"?
What is wrong with upholding the law ...keeping LEGAL voters on the roles??
Why is the department of justice always trying to protect law BREAKERs , ever since
Eric Holder became attorney general?