Florida Finds and Purges NonCitizen Voters

It took a lot of gnashing of teeth, DOJ resistance, partisan hyperbole but finally Florida has a process that is more accurate in identifying non-citizens.  Miami Herald has more.

“But Anita Caragan of Panama City Beach, a U.S. resident who is not a citizen, told a Herald reporter that she has been voting “for a long, long time.” Records show the no-party-affiliation noncitizen has cast ballots in 10 Florida elections since 2000.

The 73-year-old Caragan, who moved to the United States in 1970 from the Philippines, said that when she was living in Norfolk, Va., more than 35 years ago, she renewed her driver’s license and registered to vote at the same time, without realizing it was illegal.”



Noncitizen voting is a federal felony enforced by the Department of Justice.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/09/26/v-fullstory/3022387/florida-sends-election-departments.html#storylink=cpy

Florida Finds and Purges NonCitizen Voters

It took a lot of gnashing of teeth, DOJ resistance, partisan hyperbole but finally Florida has a process that is more accurate in identifying non-citizens.  Miami Herald has more.

“But Anita Caragan of Panama City Beach, a U.S. resident who is not a citizen, told a Herald reporter that she has been voting “for a long, long time.” Records show the no-party-affiliation noncitizen has cast ballots in 10 Florida elections since 2000.

The 73-year-old Caragan, who moved to the United States in 1970 from the Philippines, said that when she was living in Norfolk, Va., more than 35 years ago, she renewed her driver’s license and registered to vote at the same time, without realizing it was illegal.”



Noncitizen voting is a federal felony enforced by the Department of Justice.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/09/26/v-fullstory/3022387/florida-sends-election-departments.html#storylink=cpy