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On July 1, People For the American Way Foundation received from the
Florida Division of Elections an electronic copy of a list of more than
47,000 registered Florida voters who the Division thinks may be ineligible
to vote because of felony convictions. This list is now a public record
available for inspection and copying by anyone as a result of the decision
on July 1 by the Leon County Circuit Court in CNN v. Florida Department
of State. The Supervisor of Elections in each Florida county has the
list, and may use it as part of the basis to purge voters from the registration
rolls. The state has admitted, however, that there may very well be
errors on the list. For example, the Miami Herald reported on July 2
that there are more than 2100 voter names erroneously on the list because
they have received clemency and their rights have been restored. Others
erroneously on the list may well never have been convicted of a felony
at all.
We have urged all county supervisors to independently verify the accuracy
of the list. In addition, using this website, Florida voters can check
for themselves to see if their names are wrongly included on the potential
felon list and TAKE ACTION. Here’s what to do: (more)
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