A federal judge in Fort Lauderdale ruled today that there’s no time
limit for the state to push for the removal of voters who were never
supposed to be registered, and an effort to clean the rolls of
non-citizens can go forward.
Judge William
Zloch ruled that Secretary of State Ken Detzner is within the law in
seeking the removal of voters from the rolls who were never supposed to
be there to begin with – even this close to an election.
Zloch
said the plaintiffs, who argued that federal law prevents such purges
within 90 days of an election, failed to show that their ability to vote
would be harmed by the effort.
… “We’re very pleased another federal court has ruled that Florida’s
efforts to remove non-citizens from the voter rolls are lawful and in
the best interest of Florida voters,” Detzner said in a statement
following Zloch’s ruling. “Ensuring ineligible voters can’t cast a
ballot is a fundamental aspect of conducting fair elections.”
The link to the full story is here. This is a big win for the State of Florida.