Tuesday, July 24, 2012
"State won't release larger list of possible noncitizen voters"
If multiplied across all the states it's really disconcerting.
I don't want to say our elections are a farce, but they sure do leave a lot to be desired...
Steve Bousquet recently reported on it on the TampaBay.com website:
"Scott's elections agency is refusing numerous requests from voter advocacy groups and news outlets to release the list, months after the state released an initial list targeting 2,625 potential noncitizens. Many people on the first list turned out to be citizens. The larger list has the potential to cause a bigger political controversy than the smaller one. 'I want to be very careful,' said Scott's chief elections official, Secretary of State Ken Detzner. "It's individuals' names on there, and I want to make sure that people are treated respectfully. I want to be abundantly cautious about that." In an interview in his office, Detzner could not cite a law that makes the list exempt from disclosure. Rather than make the list public, Detzner says he will ask Attorney General Pam Bondi whether it is a public record under Florida law."