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Originally Posted by KMA-628
I agree wholeheartedly.
I don't see how it would be difficult to verify the criminal record of someone on the list. That information is easily available to law enforcement agencies.
Are there any legitimate numbers on this issue?
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From the alternet article linked earlier in this thread:
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The Miami Herald revealed that the state issued faulty felon purge lists containing the names of 48,000 people it said were ineligible to vote. Among these were 2,100 who actually were eligible voters.
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Those numbers apply to this year. I'm having a hard time dredging up exact numbers from the 2000 election, but here's a link to the US Commission on Civil Rights report on the election in Florida:
http://www.usccr.gov/pubs/vote2000/main.htm
Their conclusion? therer wre many irregularitites and actions by the state of Florida that resulted in the disenfranchisement of many citizens. To focus on those wrongfully accused of being felons, the state required that the IT firm that searched their voting databases for felons need an accuracy rate of 90%. The firm countered that it could increase accuracy to 99.9%, but Florida demured. A 10% error rate is not acceptable in matters such as these. Why would florida drop the ball so badly and so negligently?