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DOJ objects to Florida voter purge

June 1, 2012 By Ken Tinkler

The Voting Section of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice has sent a letter to the State of Florida outlining two objections to the State’s recent effort to purge non-citizen registrants: 1) the new process was not precleared under the Voting Rights Act (5 of Florida’s counties are preclearance jurisdictions where changes to voting procedures must be preapproved) and 2) the process appears to violate the provisions of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), which prohibits such list maintenance activities within 90 days of a federal election.  (Letter copy courtesy of MSNBC.)  The letter gives the State until June 6th to respond.

Filed Under: News, Presidential Race, State Law and Opinions, Voting Rights Act

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