Fri Aug 31, 2012, 02:50 PM
trailmonkee (2,605 posts)
Limits on Voting Drives in Florida Fall WaysideLast edited Fri Aug 31, 2012, 04:14 PM USA/ET - Edit history (3)
Source: Courthouse News
(CN) - Florida cannot enforce provisions of its new election law that placed restrictions on community-based voter-registration drives, a federal judge ruled. In December, the League of Women Voters of Florida, Rock the Vote and the Florida Public Interest Research Group Education Fund sued the state to overturn new rules for organizations that conduct voter-registration drives. The statute, which took effect on May 19, 2011, required third-party voter-registration organizations to deliver completed applications to designated offices within 48 hours of receiving them, among other provisions. Organizers claimed that the law sabotaged their efforts to register voters and discouraged Floridians from registering to vote in the upcoming election. U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle temporarily blocked several sections of the law in May, finding that they placed unnecessary burdens on voter-registration groups. The judge noted that the provisions were likely unconstitutional and conflicted with the National Voting Rights Act of 1993, which encourages voter-registration drives. Read more: http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/08/31/49860.htm   
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Author | Time | Post |
 Limits on Voting Drives in Florida Fall Wayside (Original post) |
trailmonkee | Aug 2012 | OP |
| sakabatou | Aug 2012 | #1 | |
| Coyotl | Aug 2012 | #5 | |
| elleng | Aug 2012 | #9 | |
| Coyotl | Aug 2012 | #10 | |
| SoapBox | Aug 2012 | #2 | |
| MissNostalgia | Aug 2012 | #3 | |
| Roy Rolling | Aug 2012 | #4 | |
| Coyotl | Aug 2012 | #6 | |
| Lasher | Aug 2012 | #7 | |
| magic59 | Aug 2012 | #8 |
Response to sakabatou (Reply #1)
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 03:13 PM
5. Meanwhile, the damage is done
And it will require a concerted effort to undo it in time to restore voting rights and status to may Floridians. There needs to be a great publicity drive to increase awareness of voter purging too! |
Response to Coyotl (Reply #5)
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 03:44 PM
elleng (40,928 posts)
9. While harm has surely been done,
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Response to elleng (Reply #9)
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 04:33 PM
10. I also hope there will be a powerful political backlash for this theft
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Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 02:53 PM
2. So...for the time being
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KISS our collective ASSES, Gov. Medicare FRAUD!
Oh ya...Gov. Fraud, you suck.  |
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 03:03 PM
3. Randi
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Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 03:06 PM
Roy Rolling (1,018 posts)
4. there is a limit
Response to Roy Rolling (Reply #4)
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 03:15 PM
6. Have you no concept of the payback in relation to the cost of buying a government?
Response to trailmonkee (Original post)
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 03:19 PM
Lasher (20,556 posts)
7. This has been a good day for voter rights.
