aka Florida's Bureau of Pass the Buck
Thanks for opening this discussion, morgan2. Saw this article yesterday. Check it out:
Job for new bureau: statewide voter list
The secretary of state announces a new agency to handle the list, replacing one too flawed to use Nov. 2.By LUCY MORGAN, Times Tallahassee Bureau Chief
Published November 23, 2004
TALLAHASSEE - Responding to a critical audit, Secretary of State Glenda Hood said Monday she will create a bureau to develop a statewide voter registration list in hopes of eliminating controversies that have plagued recent elections.
The new list will be designed to prevent anyone from voting in more than one place, and to remove names of dead people or felons who have not had their rights restored.
Hood said the development of that list will become the priority of the Bureau of Registration Services, which will handle all measures relating to the new Help America Vote Act approved by Congress after the 2000 election.
The changes were announced after a 50-page audit criticizing the way the Division of Elections managed a $2.2-million contract with Accenture, hired in 2001 to create a statewide voter registration list.
http://www.sptimes.com/2004/11/23/State/Job_for_new_bureau__s.shtml---
Clay Roberts, yeah, that's the ticket. Not Roberts' boss, Katherine Harris, not the interim guy (what was his name? I've forgotten), and certainly not Glenda Hood. Let's put this on Clay Roberts. What ever happened to him, anyway? Was he one of the ones who suddenly wanted to spend more time with this family?