Comments on: Scott pumps up tea partiers, digs in over voter purge

By: Alan Lidstone

Alan Lidstone — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:17:27 +0000

The article tells us that “Scott explained that his administration unsuccessfully tried to get Homeland Security to give Florida access to the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or “SAVE,” database the states are supposed to be allowed to use to check voter IDs, among other things.”

I believe the SAVE system has been around since at least the early 1990s to determine if a social security number (SSN) presented by an individual requesting services such as food stamps or aid to dependent children (or whatever it is caused now) is a valid number, along with the name and date of birth associated with the SSN.

The problem the Governor may have is that verification of SSNs using SAVE is available to state agencies providing various services to FL residents and citizens; but not the voting registrars who register people to vote.

The Florida Division of Elections says that people who want to register to vote must be a citizen, be a citizen of the United States, be a Florida resident, be at least 18 years of age, not be have been convicted of a felony without having civil rights restored. The individual requesting to be registered must also provide a valid FL ID card or drivers license, or the last four digits of their social security number.

Florida laws and statutes do not require people registering to vote to present actual proof of U.S. citizenship via birth certificate or naturalization certificate, or to provide the full social security number. In short, they have no proof of citizenship because they never require it. I don’t think there is anything stopping Florida from passing new legislation to include actual verification of citizenship, other than that they don’t really want to do so.

Adding insult to injury is the Federal government has actual proof of citizenship of individuals for a small subset of the total electorate that is primarily limited to those who applied for visas to legally enter the U.S., applied for U.S. passports, requested security clearances, or who contacted various agencies of Homeland Security or were apprehended by various agencies of Homeland Security.

The Governor, who hates big government, intrusive government, and over-reaching government has no difficulty demanding that the federal government do something the federal government cannot do, and that Florida does not want to do.

By: Dave Francis

Dave Francis — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 23:12:35 +0000

Years of planned encouragement by both political parties, has erupted in a major response from anti-illegal alien organizations, including NumbersUSA, Americans for Legal Immigration (ALIPAC), The Heritage foundation, The Federation for Immigration Reform(FAIR), Judicial Watch and thousands of more groups, blogs available to all readers across the Internet. Let your Senator or Congressman/Women know that they are not eligible for your vote, if they are discovered pampering the millions of invaders who have settled here illegally–phone DC. , Switchboard at 202-224-3121 Demand also that your state adopts a voter ID law, so no non-citizens, illegal aliens, felons or even the deceased can manipulate the pending elections, including the Presidential vote. Whether it’s Florida or any of the other 50 states, non-citizens voting in an election, compromises the integrity and trust of the system. Close races could be a ever present danger in even the most minor of municipal elections, specifically in states with millions of illegal aliens like the Sanctuary state of California, Nevada and New York. Absentee ballots are particularly vulnerable as nobody has to arrive at the voting booth in person, but is counted from a piece of paper that can be forged. This November will be extremely notable election for President, as it means the loss of our sovereignty under Obama, and his administration ignoring the doctrines of the U.S. Constitution. Americans must insist on strict oversight of the voting booth, as many states have no serious restrictions during the election cycle. This is not voter repression that the special interest organization likes to crow about, but the growing need for voters to possess some form of government ID, so all those eligible have a fair and equitable right to vote.

By: Innocent Paul W Scott

Innocent Paul W Scott — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 14:15:03 +0000

Don’t have the stomach to read this but re headline… if Gov. Scott REALLY wants to pump up TPers then he’ll bring down the house by hosting executions during the GOP Convention. The “free Barabas” profetus-forget-the-rest crowd would unabashedly go wild and be in their glory!!!

By: the truth hurts

the truth hurts — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 01:40:56 +0000

This picture is worth a thousand words. Some defacto leader of some rogue state, a la The Great Dictator.

By: Belle Fresch

Belle Fresch — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 01:05:33 +0000

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By: nosebreather

nosebreather — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 22:35:06 +0000

Scott says 46 have been removed who voted in the past, and another Post article goes on to say that most of those were from Lee County. So why does this site say that only 13 letters were sent out in Lee County? http://www.winknews.com/Local-Florida/2012-05-31/Clearing-the-voting-rolls

By: booger

booger — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 22:00:06 +0000

MAN MAKES GOOD POINTS…