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-Election 2012
Feds to Florida: halt non-citizen voter purge
2012-06-01
The Justice Department ordered Florida's elections division to halt a systematic effort to find and purge the state's voter rolls of noncitizen voters.

Florida's effort appears to violate both the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which protects minorities, and the 1993 National Voter Registration Act -- which governs voter purges -- T. Christian Herren Jr., the Justice Department's lead civil rights lawyer, wrote in a detailed two-page letter sent late Thursday night.

State officials said they were reviewing the letter. But they indicated they might fight DOJ over its interpretation of federal law and expressed frustration that President Barack Obama's administration has stonewalled the state's noncitizen voter hunt for nine months.

"We are firmly committed to doing the right thing and preventing ineligible voters from being able to cast a ballot," said Chris Cate, spokesman for Secretary of State Ken Detzner, who was ordered by Gov. Rick Scott to conduct the search for potentially ineligible voters.
Just the simple fact that Holder doesn't want the non-citizen voters off the rolls says TREASON. Obama and the dhims will not play fair, because they will lose. The blatant attempt to hold onto power shows them as the tyrants they are.
There might be a legitimate reason for stopping a purge, but it's incumbent on the DoJ to make clear what that reason is in the letter. From what I've read, they cite the law without explaining further. That won't cut it.
Posted by:DarthVader

#8  if the Government had taken a hands off position with the home mortgage mess and let the banks and investment houses eat their crappy financial schemes, we'd be out of the woods by now.

The Gov't was the cause of the mortgage mess in forcing the lenders to write mortgages they normally would not. ACORN called it red-lining and racism, but the bottom line was nobody wanted to write loans and mortgages to people who could not pay them back. Not unless the Gov't would buy the bad paper, which spiraled off into the mess we know today.

And yes, everything the Gov't has done to 'fix' the problem has made it worse.
Posted by: SteveS   2012-06-01 22:34  

#7  Both da bros gotta go
Posted by: crazyhorse   2012-06-01 21:56  

#6  Holder has to go. He is a danger to our Republic. He is the most partisan, racist AG we have ever had.
Posted by: JohnQC   2012-06-01 14:37  

#5  I personally think that if the Government had taken a hands off position with the home mortgage mess and let the banks and investment houses eat their crappy financial schemes, we'd be out of the woods by now.

If Obama had just gone in his office, shut the door and vetoed every piece of financial legislation produced by Congress, we'd be around the corner.

The financial meddling,much as FDR's ill advised tinkering extended and made the Depression worse, has made this DEPRESSION worse.

We are in a Depression folks. No two ways to cut it unless you are a Nobel Laureate Economist with his head stuck to the shoulder blades up Obama's butt....are you listening Paul, you are an idiot.
Posted by: Bill Clinton   2012-06-01 14:29  

#4  Let's see, as I recall, Lyndon Johnson was president in 1965 and he had the arms of most members of Congress twisted up pretty well behind their backs. Y'all can keep on believing that jimmuh carter was the worst president evar but my vote still goes to old Lyndon Bull...but then that could be because I don't remember Franklin Roosevelt.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2012-06-01 12:37  

#3  The DOJ's objection to removing non-citizens from the voter rolls is that it will disproportionately impact people who do not have the right to vote?

How do these idiots keep a straight face?
Posted by: RandomJD   2012-06-01 12:20  

#2  FloridaÂ’s effort appears to violate both the 1965 Voting Rights Act...

Is the anything that does NOT violate the 1965 Voting Rights Act?

Appears T. Christian Herrin Jr. is quite familiar with the Democratic objections to the voter I.D. issue.

Klik
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-06-01 11:41  

#1  Aw, c'mon folks. Don't you know there's an election coming up? The Bummer needs those votes.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2012-06-01 11:38  

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