Are you ever not a fucking moron?
Ever??
Florida List for Purge of Voters Proves Flawed
Florida election officials are using flawed method to come up with list of people believed to be convicted felons, and they are recommending that it be used to purge voter registration rolls; only 61 of nearly 48,000 Florida residents on felon list are Hispanics, but over 22,000 are...www.nytimes.com
That's from 2004... The uproar over Florida's "voter purge" was more of a hissy fit than a crime. Fortunately for YOU -- I can fix this because I've saving notes on politics since about 1998....
Doubt you're ACTUALLY GONNA READ this Congressional record -- but if you were REALLY fighting for voting integrity -- you would... But you're only interested in parroting fake analysis....
Non-Voted Ballots and Discrimination in Florida
www.usccr.gov
The evidence on convicted felons proves the opposite of what the Majority Report claims. In their conclusion on page 37, the Majority Report states that "the chance of being placed on this list [the exclusion list] in error is greater if the voter is African-American." The evidence they provide indicates that African-Americans had a greater share of successful appeals. However, since African-Americans also constituted an even greater share of the list to begin with, whites were actually the most likely to be erroneously on the list (a 9.9 percent error rate for whites [ 125/1264] versus only a 5.1 percent error rate for blacks [239/4678]). The rate for Hispanics (8.7 percent [105/1208]) is also higher than for blacks. Their own table thus proves the opposite of what they claim that it shows. A greater percentage of Whites and Hispanics who were placed on the disqualifying list were originally placed there in error.
In any case, this evidence has nothing to do with whether people were in the end improperly prevented from voting, and there is no evidence presented on that point. The Majority Report's evidence only examines those who successfully appealed and says nothing about how many people of those who didn't appeal could have successfully done so.
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) informs the development of national civil rights policy and enhances enforcement of federal civil rights laws.
Ms. Baxter made particular note of the concerns with the felony information in the central voter file because of the potential use of aliases. As a result, Ms. Baxter recommended that the supervisors of elections “exercise caution when deciding to remove someone who shows up as a convicted felon on the [central voter file].”[132] Ms. Baxter also advised the supervisors of elections of the following:
If you have doubts as to whether or not the felony information is accurate or are unable to verify the accuracy of the information, we recommend that affected persons execute the affidavit prescribed in section 101.49.[133]
In a memorandum dated August 14, 1998, Ms. Baxter forwarded the first exclusion list to the supervisors of elections. Ms. Baxter again advised supervisors to allow alleged felons to vote by affidavit, as provided in section 101.49 of the Florida statutes, if the supervisor of elections is unable to verify the accuracy of the information.[134] The use of affidavit voting under these circumstances provides a reasonable opportunity within the law for eligible persons to participate in the electoral process when election officials are unable to resolve routine conflicts generated by the government’s inefficiency or error. Ms. Baxter specifically advised:
It is your responsibility to attempt to verify the accuracy of the information on the list, and remove, prior to the next election, any person who is deceased, convicted of a felony, or mentally incapacitated with respect to voting. If you have doubts as to whether or not the felony information is accurate or are unable to verify the accuracy of the information, we recommend that affected persons execute the affidavit prescribed in section 101.49, Florida statutes. In short, if there is reasonable doubt as to the accuracy of the information, you should allow a person to vote.[135]
Ultimately 173,127 Floridians were identified as potentially ineligible to vote in the November 2000 election. Of those on the list, 57,746 were identified as convicted felons. Based on DBT Online’s statistical verification, the list it provided to the Division of Elections was 99.9 percent accurate.
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Bunch of folks found too many "black sounding names" and noted "more appeals" from blacks.. But because the list of felons HAD a higher percentage of blacks, that's to be expected.. And in the END -- NO ONE "purged" from the list was denied a vote.. They simply filed a form WITH their ballots if their name was removed from the rolls in ERROR as a felon..
Too complicated for ya ??? Just want to whine.. I understand...
