Florida to release larger potential noncitizen voter list

[Tony_FLADEM]

TALLAHASSEE — A month before a statewide election, Gov. Rick Scott's top elections official will belatedly release a database of 180,000 voters whose citizenship is in question.

But in an about-face from an earlier and highly controversial voter purge effort, no one faces being removed from the state's voting rolls this time — meaning some noncitizens could cast ballots in the Aug. 14 primary.

Reversing course, Secretary of State Ken Detzner agreed the list of names is a public record after talking with Attorney General Pam Bondi's office.


http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/elections/state-to-release-larger-potential-noncitizen-voter-list/1239668

[LiberalFighter]

1. Well if they are not citizens then they should prosecute them.

But the burden is on the state of Florida to prove it.

[struggle4progress]

2. +

[nanabugg]

3. I think these are made-up "voters." If not, I want to see all 180,000 of them in the Gator stadium

live on nightly news.

[csziggy]

4. Republican operatives will be at polling places to challenge voters

I bet there will be more than one Republican at the polls to challenge credentials for just about every voter on that list. Their ballots will then be considered 'provisional" and not counted until the challenged voter can prove that they are legal voters. Many people will not be able to do so until after the vote is officially tallied and certified. Or they may not be able to get the time off from work, or get the paperwork needed, or bother if they consider it to be too much trouble.

This way the state is not the ones preventing the voters from voting - the Republicans or some 'concerned citizens' will be the ones making the challenges. Harder to fight, harder to prevent it from happening, harder to prove it's an organized, deliberate way to block voting.

[flamingdem]

5. Yes, they released those lists for a reason

They will attempt to create total CHAOS, and anyone who likes their life in certain areas will question going to the polls.

[HooptieWagon]

6. The reason being they were public records

And their release was demanded by the ACLU, several voting rigjts groups, and the Tampa Bay Times and Miami Herald. Scott and Detzner wanted to keep it secret.

[quaker bill]

7. They are releasing it to the media, the Democratic Party, the ACLU, and other activists

because Florida Public Records law requires them to do so. They are not sending it to the election supervisors.