[EL] FL Voter Purges

[jttarizona at aol.com]

Rick,

You asked what the basis of the discrepancy could be between the 10 non-citizens purged and the much greater number reported by the State of Florida.

CNN has reported that it reviewed the list of voters purged and found that most were eligible to vote.  Many of the eligible voters on the purge list were newly naturalized U.S. citizens.  

It is disturbing that nearly all of the purged voters who are eligible to register to vote are Latinos.  It's even more troubling that the first experience those new citizens will have in trying to exercise their fundamental right to vote is to be disenfranchised.  Instead of encouraging these new voters to participate, the purge takes the opposite approach and discourages them -- and other new citizens -- from voting.

It's likely that discouraging those voters is the intent of officials.  If they say it is not, then they need to come up with a more constructive way to achieve whatever purposes they claim to be fulfilling that do not target minorities or new citizens.  

Regards,

Jim 

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From: Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu>
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Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:38:28 
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