The GOP, demographics and voter suppression
Bill Internicola had to show his papers.
He received a letter last month from the Broward County Supervisor of Elections informing him the office had information from the state of Florida that you are not a United States citizen; however, you are registered to vote. So Internicola had to prove he is an American. He sent the county a copy of his Army discharge papers.
Internicola is 91 years old. He was born in Brooklyn. He is a veteran of the Second World War. He earned a Bronze Star for his part in the Battle of the Bulge. Yet he was required to prove to a county functionary that he is entitled to vote in an American election.
We learn from reporter Amy Shermans story last week in The Miami Herald that this is part of a campaign by Florida Gov. Rick Scott, a Republican, to weed non-citizens off the rolls of the states voters. Initially, Florida claimed roughly 180,000 were possible noncitizens. That number was eventually whittled way down to about 2,600 people. In Miami-Dade County, where the largest number of them live, 385 have been verified as citizens. Ten 10! have admitted they are ineligible or asked to be removed from the rolls...
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