Florida Illegally Purging Voters?!?

Are you freaking kidding me?

Less than 90 days before their August 14 primaries, Florida is illegally purging their voter roles?

Check this out from the Huffington Post:

"Miami-Dade County election officials issued 1,570 warning letters, said Christina White, the county chief deputy supervisor of elections. Of these, 13 people responded indicating they are not citizens and have been removed from the voter rolls. One of the voters cast one ballot in 1996. Another voted once in 2000 and again in 2004. Their names will be forwarded to the state’s attorney’s office for possible prosecution as required by law, White said.



"However, Miami-Dade County said it will not purge other voters from the rolls because of the large number of citizens included on the state’s suspect voter list. Nearly 450 voters who received warning letters provided proof of citizenship and another 35 have made plans to do so. About 1,000 voters have not responded, White said."

Now, lets take a fast look at this. 1,570 warning letters were sent out to voters. Of those nearly 450 have already responded, proving that they're citizens and another 35 (so far) have plans to do so. So of those letters, nearly one third are definitely citizens.

There is something seriously wrong with this. I'll lay odds that at least another third are citizens too, but haven't read the letter or haven't located their birth certificates or other proof of citizenship yet.

Of those voters being targeted by Florida, 60 percent are Latino. Only 13 percent of voters in Florida are Hispanic/Latino.

A 91 year old Veteran and his wife were among those targeted.

There is a reason why Florida is among the Southern states that are REQUIRED to submit any plans to purge voter lists to the Federal Justice Department. The Voting Rights Act prevents them from purging voters due to the history of denying the vote to Black and Latino citizens.

Oh, yeah, Rick Scott gets up there and defends this, but I see this as yet another attempt by Florida to manipulate an election. They got away with it before and now they're trying it again. (Did you know that they purged voters before the infamous Bush victory in Florida? Yeah, I'll bet you didn't know that!)

It is a shameful thing when a government thinks that it can blatantly discriminate against voters, denying them the vote on the basis of ethnicity, race and skin color.

I hope that the Justice Department has representatives at the polls in Florida and arrests the Elections officials responsible for denying the vote to citizens.

As for Rick Scott -- REALLY? You think that you can target the citizens in your state and not suffer the consequences?

I so hope that your constituents wake up and vote your sorry behind out of office. It's way past time.
Links:
http://www.advancementproject.org/sites/default/files/publications/Citizenship%20Letter%20%20Form%20-%20DAVE%20-%2004-25-2012%20(2).pdf

http://www.advancementproject.org/sites/default/files/publications/Letter%20to%20Voting%20Section%20RE%20Florida%20Purges%205%2017%2012.pdf
  
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/02/florida-voter-purge-federal-warning_n_1564131.html

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/12/2796905/noncitizen-voter-hunt-targets.html