Here we go again...Fla voters

[faithinkarma]

Good grief. They have had years to set things right. Why is this not settled yet? I honestly no longer care whether Florida goes red or blue, I only want it conducted fairly, leaving no chance for questions and suspicions. Surely we can all agree on this.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=584&e=3&u=/nm/20040715/pl_nm/campaign_florida_dc



"In a hearing on the illegal disenfranchisement of alleged felons in Florida, commissioners accused state officials of "extraordinary negligence" in drawing up a list of 48,000 people to be purged from voter rolls, most of them because they may once have committed a crime.


"They have engaged in negligence at best and something worse at worst," said Mary Frances Berry, chairperson of the commission, an independent bipartisan body whose members are appointed by the President and Congress.

She said the commission would ask the Justice Department to investigate the matter.


"It does seems to me there is a smoking gun here," said commissioner Christopher Edley. "There has been extraordinary negligence in the way the felon purging process has been conducted. ... If it was intentional, this could be a violation of the federal Civil Rights Act."

 

[jrydberg]

Yep, I think we can agree on that.

 

[faithinkarma]

good...and BTW..I was not being sarcastic when I agreed with you on the other thread....your arguments were persuasive.

 

[jrydberg]

Didn't think you were being sarcastic And appreciate the discussion. I may be stubborn but occasionally I learn something from these threads

In any case, after last election you'd think Florida would want to make doubly sure they've got everything squeaky clean.

 

[Eeyore1954]

This could happen in any state, but FL unfortunately has become the whipping boy for election mishaps. I think they brought a lot of attention on themselves, but now it's hard to get rid of the spotlight. I have to admit they are beginning to look at bit "Keystone Kop-ish" in the way they are handling things. This is not the kind of publicity the state needs.

Although a state that is home to WDW can't be all bad!

 

[timeforchange]

It beggars belief. I read about this sometime ago.