Bowfinger
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Also not true. Florida's effort was halted because it was too close to an election, as your own quoted text clearly states. Specifically, they must complete such efforts at least 90 days before an election. Further, in this specific case, the Justice Department noted that Florida officials knew the database they were using contained inaccurate and outdated information, meaning Florida's effort would disenfranchise legitimate voters.[ ... ]
So whenever anyone tries to look into even determining the eligibility of registered voters, they get stonewalled indefinitely! So if a state's Secretary of State can't even get information on who is legally registered vs. illegally, where's anyone getting the information on who is actually voting?
This isn't the first time Florida's done this. There was a similar effort back in the Bush era where Florida purged its roles of purportedly ineligible voters using a felon database. Florida's matching criteria were found to be so loose that thousands of eligible voters were disenfranchised. Unsurprisingly, both overzealous purges were driven by Republican Secretaries of State.
Here's a link to the Justice Department complaint: http://www.justice.gov/iso/opa/resources/5382012612163855249486.pdf
