Wed Jun 27, 2012, 12:33 PM

Judge denies request to stop voter purge

Source: The Miami Herald

TALLAHASSEE —U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle on Wednesday denied a request by the U.S. Department of Justice to stop Florida from removing non-U.S. citizens from the voter rolls.

The Justice Department asked for a restraining order, claiming the removal of noncitizens violates a federal law prohibiting the systemic removal of noncitizens less than 90 days before a federal election.

But Hinkle said his reading of that law does not prevent the state from taking noncitiznes off the rolls.

Attorneys for secretary of state Ken Detzner told the judge that the federal government’s request was meaningless because the purgin has stopped.

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9 replies	Author	Time	Post
Judge denies request to stop voter purge (Original post)	Freddie Stubbs	Jun 2012	OP
SUSPECTED non-citizens.	Ian David	Jun 2012	#1
Can the ACLU take on a class action	avebury	Jun 2012	#2
Actual non-citizens can be purged	bluestateguy	Jun 2012	#3
It's most likely a moot point as the Election Supers made it clear they were not going	monmouth	Jun 2012	#5
It has not stopped in Lee and Collier	HockeyMom	Jun 2012	#4
It is what some people want, even some people here .....	clang1	Jun 2012	#7
More of the tyranny n/t	clang1	Jun 2012	#6
We are losing the right to vote.	twitter1	Jun 2012	#8
If they refuse to quit purging we should seek to grant citizenship to those they are purging!	Kteachums	Jun 2012	#9

Response to Freddie Stubbs (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2012, 12:36 PM

Ian David (68,416 posts)

1. SUSPECTED non-citizens.

The problem isn't the removal of ACTUAL non-citizens.

The problem is the unintentional (or intentional) removal of legitimate voters who have the same names as non-citizens.

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Response to Freddie Stubbs (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2012, 12:39 PM

avebury (2,929 posts)

2. Can the ACLU take on a class action

lawsuit against the State of Florida for the intentional denial of citizens right to vote?

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Response to Freddie Stubbs (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2012, 12:54 PM

bluestateguy (40,060 posts)

3. Actual non-citizens can be purged

That is not in question and even folks here would be ok with that.

But we have a state that will purge someone because they MIGHT possibly maybe be a non-citizen, or have the same last name as a non-citizen. The state's approach seems to be purge first, and ask questions later, like after the election.

In a case where there is doubt about the person's citizenship status, the benefit of the doubt should always go to the registered voter.

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Response to bluestateguy (Reply #3)

Wed Jun 27, 2012, 12:59 PM

monmouth (21,078 posts)

5. It's most likely a moot point as the Election Supers made it clear they were not going

to purge any voters...At least that was the last I heard.

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Response to Freddie Stubbs (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2012, 12:58 PM

HockeyMom (10,699 posts)

4. It has not stopped in Lee and Collier

They refused to stop it, and have said they are adding more to the purge list. At rate there will be NO Democratic votes in these places. That IS what they want to do. "Lookee here, we got ourselves a DEMOCRAT", as I was told. How could I not think what I do after that?

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Response to HockeyMom (Reply #4)

Wed Jun 27, 2012, 01:32 PM

clang1 (884 posts)

7. It is what some people want, even some people here .....

Last edited Wed Jun 27, 2012, 01:44 PM USA/ET - Edit history (5)

You said it: At rate there will be NO Democratic votes

You UNDERSTAND....and that's good.

It is Tyranny. Call it what it is...

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Response to Freddie Stubbs (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2012, 01:23 PM

clang1 (884 posts)

6. More of the tyranny n/t

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Response to Freddie Stubbs (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2012, 06:53 PM

twitter1 (18 posts)

8. We are losing the right to vote.

I have a feeling that somebody has to go to prison soon, for this:

http://mdatoz.com/vote

If Romney steals the election, he will be as legitimate as Khadaffy and Mubarak.

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Response to Freddie Stubbs (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2012, 10:20 PM

Kteachums (331 posts)

9. If they refuse to quit purging we should seek to grant citizenship to those they are purging!

I realize they are throwing people off who are true citizens but, can we have an immediate action taken to grant citizenship to those Latino's and others seeking citizenship?

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