Purged Florida Voters to Be Returned to Voting Rolls, State Says

[Purveyor]

Florida residents erroneously purged from voter rolls after being identified as non-citizens will be able to cast ballots in the November election, the state said.

Florida’s Department of State said yesterday it will alert voters who were improperly removed, or wrongly told they would be removed, that they can vote. The government’s announcement followed a legal complaint by civil rights and other groups objecting to the purge.

The state originally identified more than 2,600 potential non-citizens on the rolls at the direction of Republican Governor Rick Scott. Of those, it has found about 207 voters who are non- citizens and shouldn’t be allowed to cast ballots, said Chris Cate, a Florida Department of State spokesman. Any of the remaining 2,400 voters who were told they would be removed from the rolls will now be alerted that they can vote, he said.

There are about 11.5 million voters in Florida, the biggest electoral prize among states viewed as competitive by campaigns for Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney. The past three presidential races in Florida have been decided by 5 percentage points or less. Obama and Romney have traded the lead in Florida polls this year.

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-13/purged-florida-voters-to-be-returned-to-voting-rolls-state-says.html

[abumbyanyothername]

1. Let me guess . . .

The Governor owns a direct mail business that handled and will handle the notification process.

[shintao]

3. The Republican "Sting" should be delivered

Voters in FLA should be made aware of the costs involved in this boondoggle that must be in the millions, and place the blame accordingly. The timing could not be better as the election looms.



NOTE: A federal court on Thursday struck down a Texas law that would have required voters to show government-issued photo identification before casting their ballots in November, ruling that the law would hurt turnout among minority voters and impose “strict, unforgiving burdens on the poor” by charging those voters who lack proper documentation fees to obtain election ID cards. There are also active cases in Ohio, Wisconsin, MaryLand and Pennsylvania.

[DonCoquixote]

2. DONT BELIEVE IT

Also, considering they chased the league of Women voters out, the damage to voter registration is done...unless a herclulean effort is made to re register voters!