Voter suppression spotlight shines squarely on Florida
News out of Florida this morning suggests that, despite a warning from the Department of Justice, Governor Rick Scott and Secretary of State Ken Detzner will proceed, and possibly expand, their...
View ArticleUPDATE: Voter suppression spotlight shines squarely on Florida
UPDATE: What we expected has come to pass: Secretary of State Ken Detzner has officially responded to the Department of Justice, indicating that the voter purge will continue, throwing his own...
View ArticleRuling in Florida purge case
A lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice after Florida Governor Rick Scott and Secretary of State Ken Detzner refused to stop the voter purge suffered a blow this week when Judge Robert Hinkle of...
View ArticleUS Reps decry Florida purge
The chorus against the Florida voter purge added sixteen new voices to the mix last week after House Judiciary Ranking Member John Conyers (D-MI14) leda letter to Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX21) calling...
View ArticleRight-wing Florida officials win fight for citizenship data
The federal government has granted Governor Rick Scott and Secretary of State Ken Detzner access to the Department of Homeland Security’s Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database,...
View ArticleUPDATE: Right-wing Florida officials win fight for citizenship data
UPDATE: New developments continue to shed light on the purge and its far-reaching impact. An article in the Atlantic details the possibility that it could lead to a 2000-style fiasco. A woman who is...
View ArticleUPDATE: Right-wing Florida officials win fight for citizenship data
UPDATE: Secretary of State Ken Detzner says that Florida, which expects imminent access to the SAVE database, will resume the purge and complete it prior to the November election. The Department of...
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