Editorial from the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville, Florida.
Florida officials need to move aggressively to make sure registered voters are qualified.
It’s no small issue. …Purging names of dead people from the voting rolls is nothing new, but the state recently took its job to another level.
Supervisors of elections offices, including Duval’s, routinely
receive reports of deaths from Vital Statistics. But what happens if a
Florida voter dies outside the state? It’s more difficult to document
that. Thus, the state identified 53,000 dead residents that still were
on the rolls, including 3,600 in Duval County.
The issue appears more serious in South Florida, reports the Sun
Sentinel. Broward County removed 4,482 names of dead people, Miami-Dade
County dropped 4,860 and Palm Beach County dropped 6,682.