He needs to be indicted! Get rid of the fucking serial criminal!

God, how I hate that man!!!!

on Rachel show, from another (Seminole?) County Election Supervisor. She said all 6? Supervisors had met, and agreed not to implement scotts purge but rather do their jobs properly.

Sounds like an illegal move anyway.

saying they will do their job properly, which does NOT include removing thousands from roles.

But, apparently, that is not stopping them. It is pointless to say, We are using a different list" if they are still doing it! You have to stop the purge a certain number of days bfore the voting, and they are in violation of that deadline now!!!

It is so good to see this guy finally not getting his crooked way. His agenda has done so much against ordinary people, especially the poor, and he is flagrant about the fact that he just doesn't care. I had a feeling that'd be the case during the election, though, just from that creepy look he always has in his eyes.

My worry is, can he just fire and replace the people refusing to cooperate? I grant that few would line up for the jobs with the DOJ watching like a hawk, but ...

in Florida are elected not appointed, so no, he can't fire and replace them.

When Scott sent his list and demands to the Secretary of State in Florida he refused the demands and resigned instead. Scott then found his own "Robert Bork" and named him Secretary of State. It is this puppet that the Departement of Justice is having to deal with.

And though I dont know why he resigned before implementing it, I doubt it was due to a pang of conscience since his previous job was as a lobbyist for Koch Industries front group.

But he was not confident in the accuracy of the list.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002762970#post20

http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Kurt_Browning

US Marshals. That twerp needs a little "talking to" from some actual federal law enforcement officials.

The elections supervisors will pushed to purge. If they do not follow along with the Republipig law of dishonesty, and total greed they will be put out on their asses. Republipigs are to let the poor starve, not raise taxes on the rich/wealthy, and they are by no means to give in to a black man giving orders!!

Seig Heil Mein Repiglican Party!!

They are some folks who need f'n help.

How can Rick Scott defy the Justice Department without any repercussions in the first place? Regardless, I'm glad the purging has halted.

mechanism is if DOJ can convince a court to order it. Until the courts break the tie, it's just two different government officials with their own opinions of what the law allows and requires.

It's the same concept when a President and Congress disagree on the meaning of a law or Constitutional provision. Each view has equal weight until the courts decide.

Less than 1%. How much money did this costs Florida citizens? This non-citizen voter purge sounds exactly the same.

I live in Collier (population 21,000). 27 people here got these letters as reported by local news. 24 have proved citizenship. The other 3 have not answered. Given the median age of this place (65), maybe they too are 91 year olds who just decided not to bother with it.

More from the Fraud Governor.

Please? Pretty Please?

He needs to be arrested for defying orders of the US Government and blatant violations of HAVA/VRA.

-at least if I was register to vote in Florida- I'd would start a lawsuit against Gov Scott and Florida for trying to imped my right to vote.

"we will continue our efforts to ensure the information is current" means they are purging voters. Just saying we are not using some list is not a justification for the OP headline of the misplaced jubilation in this thread.

You'd think the wolves had actually turned into sheep, but no, this is not a fairy tale, this is politics in the USA!!

Thanks for the thread, kpete.

This is just red meat thrown to his teabagging base. Scott cant do shit if the County Elections Supervisors refuse to cooperate... and so far that is the case.

Would it be like Little Rock? Will they send in the federal troops or nationalize the Florida National Guard to physically force compliance? Can a governor be prosecuted for defying a federal court order?

a court can seek remedy if a governor defies a court order however you are confusing an "order" from the DOJ with an actual court order.

In this case the DOJ would have to file a petition with a federal court. The fed's could hold up funding though if they want to make a political statement. It might be appealing to us right now but it could also set a precident that could bite us in the * someday. Just saying. You do have to admire the pukes resolve. Wish we had some of that.

and there is background that is relevant.

I suspect that the first course of action would be for the Justice Department to seek a court order. But as slowly as the court system can move sometimes that could possibly be tied up for some time.

DOJ cant do anything about Scotts chest beating. Until he ACTS, its all just hot air. And the County Elections Supervisors (mostly republicans) are refusing to carry out Scotts purge. So Scott will continue to rant and throw his temper-tantrum... and the DOJ will monitor the situation.

I wish there were more.

But they are stripped of committee assignments, their bills are kept in limbo in subcommittees, and they are pretty much treated like the Democrats by the bat-shit crazy corrupt Rethugs running the show.
Specifically, there was a couple republicans speaking out against the Polytech U boondoggle (notably Paula Dockery from that district), and Mike Fasano has been trying to undo legislation that permitted Florida Power to collect in advance construction fees for a nuclear plant they arent going to build. And Nancy D'Argano was outspoken on consumer and Public Service Commission issues, but she recently switched to Independant (she missed deadline to file as Dem).

Hello, they are doing it anyway, just claiming they are avoiding "unreliable data" rather than stopping as instructed by the DoJ.

if there were no honest Republicans, you wouldn't be hoodwinked

are excited about being Scott's future cell mates.

They are just saying they won't use "unreliable data" and not stopping the process.

that you would imply a R who purges voters needs to be careful about assassination. Is that you threatening her, or what?

It's a comment on how people who cross the Republican-Powers-That-Be have a way of winding up dead. The verb is "to be Wellstoned."

Why would I threaten her? I agree with what she's doing.

There is a restriction on altering voter rolls this close to an election. The Rs are violating that and even purging legitimate voters. Why do you support that?

The elections supervisors control the voter rolls in their counties. They have agreed the list is inaccurate, illegal, and that changing the rolls is illegally too close to the primary. They are in agreement with the DOJ. They are defying Scott.
Scott does not control the voter rolls. He can huff and puff all he wants, no one is being purged unless the elections supervisors cooperate. They are not.

and we.arent going to use it. If accurate data is forthcoming, we will act on it according to law.
And the law is that no action regarding voter rolls can take place less than 90 days before an election. Scott can bluster all he wants, but he is impotent.