Active-duty service members disenfranchised by Fla. voter purge

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Tampa-area resident and Navy captain Peter Kehring has spent more than 30 years in the U.S. military. But due to Florida GOP Gov. Rick Scott's recent purge of voter rolls, Kehring will not be able to cast a vote on Election Day, reports Tampa CBS affiliate WTSP.

Florida state law requires county election supervisors to regularly update voter rolls to remove felons, deceased individuals, and those who have moved out of the county. Voters who miss two consecutive general elections (2008 and 2010, for example) are sent a letter warning them they will be removed from eligibility unless they contact county officials.


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I don't get how he is being disenfranchised. They didn't tell him he could never vote. I'm sure it will take a while for the documentation to be processed. Oh well, I guess he will know the law now. It is a shame but, it is the law.
 
nw2u said:
I don't get how he is being disenfranchised. They didn't tell him he could never vote. I'm sure it will take a while for the documentation to be processed. Oh well, I guess he will know the law now. It is a shame but, it is the law.
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It's a shame until it happens to you.

The fact is, he was registered at the time. They purged him from the records, without checking to see he was stationed overseas. And they did this not just to him, but a good portion of the military. Just because a lot did manage to get notice in time, does not mean that all did.
 
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