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Thu Jun 14, 2012, 07:18 PM

Florida Gov. Rick Scott says election officials thought he was dead

Source: Yahoo News - "The Ticket" blog (via AP)

Florida Governor Rick Scott revealed to a Tallahassee radio station Thursday that in 2006 he was removed from state voter rolls, because Florida election officials thought he was dead, according to the Associated Press.

"They said I had passed away," Scott reportedly revealed. "I said, 'Here's my driver's license. I'm here, I'm really alive.' So they allowed me to vote provisionally."

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/florida-gov-rick-scott-says-election-officials-thought-183535287.html



Advice to Florida voters: "Look alive!"

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Reply Florida Gov. Rick Scott says election officials thought he was dead (Original post)
klook Jun 2012 OP
annabanana Jun 2012 #1
freshwest Jun 2012 #10
Ian David Jun 2012 #2
FiveGoodMen Jun 2012 #4
Wait Wut Jun 2012 #3
secondvariety Jun 2012 #5
3waygeek Jun 2012 #6
tanyev Jun 2012 #7
Politicalboi Jun 2012 #8
freshwest Jun 2012 #9
gregoire Jun 2012 #11
dbonds Jun 2012 #12
Cass Jun 2012 #13
dgauss Jun 2012 #14
DRoseDARs Jun 2012 #15
sgsmith Jun 2012 #16
klook Jun 2012 #17
BE10sCoach Jun 2012 #18
aquart Jun 2012 #26
DallasNE Jun 2012 #19
aquart Jun 2012 #25
Turbineguy Jun 2012 #20
underpants Jun 2012 #21
marble falls Jun 2012 #22
iamthebandfanman Jun 2012 #24
sofa king Jun 2012 #23
mlevans Jun 2012 #27
Scurrilous Jun 2012 #28
SacoMaine61 Jun 2012 #29
klook Jun 2012 #30
Moondog Jun 2012 #31
8 track mind Jun 2012 #32
mwooldri Jun 2012 #33

Response to klook (Original post)

Thu Jun 14, 2012, 07:19 PM

1. HEY! no Zombie threads in LBN!~ . . . n/t

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Response to annabanana (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 14, 2012, 07:39 PM

10. Oh, sorry. I already went there.

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Response to klook (Original post)

Thu Jun 14, 2012, 07:20 PM

2. Maybe he really *is* dead and the person we think is Rick Scott is an imposter?

I don't think he should be eligible to vote or run for office until we have DNA evidence.

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Response to Ian David (Reply #2)

Thu Jun 14, 2012, 07:21 PM

4. Perhaps he's dead and his body is just animated by forces from the underworld

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Response to klook (Original post)

Thu Jun 14, 2012, 07:20 PM

3. I demand to see the Undead Certificate!

It should state clearly on the form that Rick Skinhead is NOT dead and is really, truly, serially UNDEAD!

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Response to klook (Original post)

Thu Jun 14, 2012, 07:24 PM

5. A drivers license proves nothing.

He's obviously some kind of robot.

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Response to klook (Original post)

Thu Jun 14, 2012, 07:25 PM

6. Well, his brain is....

does that count?

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Response to klook (Original post)

Thu Jun 14, 2012, 07:27 PM

7. I hope they checked a mirror to see if he had a reflection.

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Response to klook (Original post)

Thu Jun 14, 2012, 07:27 PM

8. Where's the proof?

And too bad they weren't right.

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Response to klook (Original post)

Thu Jun 14, 2012, 07:38 PM

9. He's letting the cat out of the bag, isn't he? Lord Voldemort couldn't help himself.

Last edited Thu Jun 14, 2012, 07:38 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

He's disqualified from holding office, unless Florida wants to become the first state to join the Zombie Nation



Almost no witch or wizard dares to speak his name, instead referring to him by epithets such as "You-Know-Who", "He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named" or "the Dark Lord".

Now we know his real name.

Thanks, klook. 'Look alive!' indeed.



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Response to klook (Original post)

Thu Jun 14, 2012, 07:43 PM

11. Can we get him impeached for lying about being alive?

 

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Response to klook (Original post)

Thu Jun 14, 2012, 07:56 PM

12. He is confusing the terms 'thinking' and 'wishing'

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Response to klook (Original post)

Thu Jun 14, 2012, 08:41 PM

13. He does look an awful lot like Lord Voldemort.

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Response to klook (Original post)

Thu Jun 14, 2012, 09:15 PM

14. I sometimes make the same mistake when I see him on TV.

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Response to klook (Original post)

Thu Jun 14, 2012, 09:22 PM

15. Are we supposed to empathize w/you in this story, or are you w/those you're illegally doing it to?

Voter purge for thee, not for me. Eh, Rick?

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Response to klook (Original post)

Thu Jun 14, 2012, 09:22 PM

16. Sorry Governor - You probably didn't "really" vote

Most election districts don't count the provisional votes unless they could possibly affect the outcome of the election. If there are 5,000 provisional votes and a 10,000 spread between candidates, the provisional votes can't swing the results.

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Response to klook (Original post)

Thu Jun 14, 2012, 11:02 PM

17. "Rick Scott gets a shock at the polls when he’s told: You’re dead"

That's from the Miami Herald.

If you wade through the 'bagger comments, some of the others are pretty good:

  • That is funny ! Probably occurred after he declared himself dead after defrauded Medicare of the 1.7 billion dollars !

  • ...he's ALIVE !!!...really??..seen the movie >"night of the living dead"

  • How Rick Scott found out he was dead - Once upon a time, when he was a private citizen, Rick Scott was mistaken for a dead man. There was no mistake. He is a real stiff! Let me guess! He checked his own pulse?

  • I thought Harry Potter offed him with the elder wand!

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Response to klook (Original post)

Fri Jun 15, 2012, 12:45 AM

18. They only thought it

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Scott is in fact dead, LOL, he's the zombie crook the idiots and dopes in Florida elected. Einstein's definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. So Florida, keep electing these "doofus" Conservative Republicans and see what changes in the Sunshine State, NOTHING!!!!!!!!

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Response to BE10sCoach (Reply #18)

Fri Jun 15, 2012, 12:59 PM

26. Welcome to DU!

Where venting saves the sanity of thousands.

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Response to klook (Original post)

Fri Jun 15, 2012, 02:35 AM

19. That's Not The Way The System Normally Works

Yes, they check the local obit and attempt to match on name and date of birth and when they have a match they mark the person as "challenged". After the election they review the challenged list and when they haven't voted they remove them. Two problems sometimes happen. A clerical error where the mark "Jr" as challenged when it is "Sr" that passed away AND they live at the same address. More rare, two people with the same name and date of birth could be on the roll and they challenge the wrong person.

The normal process would be for the poll worker to call the central office to learn why the voter is challenged. When the reason is "deceased" and the person has a voter ID like a drivers license that shows name and date of birth then the person would be given an apology and handed a regular ballot. I suspect Scott is blowing a little smoke here to support his disenfranchisement ploy. No dice! Stop lying.

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Response to DallasNE (Reply #19)

Fri Jun 15, 2012, 12:57 PM

25. Seriously. Ask him to produce the pollworker.

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Response to klook (Original post)

Fri Jun 15, 2012, 06:07 AM

20. You can't always believe

your eyes.

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Response to klook (Original post)

Fri Jun 15, 2012, 06:56 AM

21. It's hard to tell. I mean he looks dead.

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Response to klook (Original post)

Fri Jun 15, 2012, 07:54 AM

22. What? Brain dead doesn't count?

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Response to marble falls (Reply #22)

Fri Jun 15, 2012, 12:33 PM

24. you took the words right out of my mouth

and this isnt a meatloaf song

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Response to klook (Original post)

Fri Jun 15, 2012, 08:00 AM

23. So his vote was stolen and not counted?

Or is his the only provisional vote that was ever allowed?

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Response to klook (Original post)

Fri Jun 15, 2012, 03:48 PM

27. If he knows about this sort of thing first hand as this seems to suggest

How in the name of all the gods can he go ahead and do it to other people? Is this supposed to be a case of the "oh well, it wasn't so bad for me" sort of thing?

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Response to klook (Original post)

Fri Jun 15, 2012, 05:34 PM

28. Not him, just his soul. n/t

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Response to klook (Original post)

Fri Jun 15, 2012, 07:30 PM

29. It's easy to mistake him for Lurch...

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Response to SacoMaine61 (Reply #29)

Fri Jun 15, 2012, 08:30 PM

30. True, excerpt Lurch had more personality. (n/t)

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Response to klook (Original post)

Fri Jun 15, 2012, 08:40 PM

31. The jokes just write themselves. n/t

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Response to klook (Original post)

Fri Jun 15, 2012, 09:06 PM

32. No you twit, your wife was making comments about your performance in bed. n/t

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Response to klook (Original post)

Fri Jun 15, 2012, 10:04 PM

33. IMO most Republicans are already dead.

Dead wrong that is on many issues.

This includes Mr. Scott.

So why the voter purge when he got purged himself? If he wasn't eligible to vote, how come he's the governor of Florida? ??

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