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