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Investigation Finds Thousands Registered Felons

Rich Jones, News Director

@ October 13, 2008 6:01 AM Permalink | Comments (11)

A newspaper investigation finds more than 30,000 felons who should have been stripped of their right to vote are still registered in Florida.

The Sun Sentinel discovered that at least 4,900 felons turned out in past elections and another 5,600 are still in prison.

Of the felons who are registered, Democrats outnumber Republicans more than two to one.

Secretary of State Kurt Browning tells the newspaper that his staff has failed to remove thousands of ineligible felons because of a shortage of workers and so many new voter registrations.

He says elections workers are now reviewing the voting records but would not say how long the investigation will take.

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Well, surprise, surprise.
Actually, nothing can surprise me anymore considering a pet goldfish in Iowa was registered to vote a couple of weeks ago on an absentee ballot. Welfare, brotha fish!!!
By Ashley @ 10/29/08 10:52:50 AMreport abuse
Vote Fraud
The lapdog media will tell you that it's simple. Democrats can behave like fascists because they're really angels, but Republicans must behave like angels because they're really fascists. And it's the media's job to see that it happens that way.
By Ken Hahn @ 10/14/08 12:12:22 AMreport abuse
Hell yeah! Republicans stole the last two elections, let us steal this one! Not that it will even be close anyway.
By Bob @ 10/13/08 05:33:44 PMreport abuse
Dems
Yeah...and all 30,000 will be voting for Obama/Biden courtesy of ACORN!

What do Obama and Bin Laden have in common- they both know somebody who bombed the Pentagon.

Ayers said he should have done more!
By Rugrat @ 10/13/08 05:32:31 PMreport abuse
Voter Fraud?
You guys aren't paying attention. The media, and the Democrats, are very concerned about voter fraud. The Republicans do it all the time (or so people say) and so the election people and the Democrats watch them like hawks. Because the Democrats are so honest, and are the voice of the little people, there's no need to check on voter fraud allegations involving them.
By DavidN @ 10/13/08 05:05:34 PMreport abuse
Voter Fraud
There is SO much votoer fraud going on on SO many levels in this election that they really should think about postponing it until they can clear it all up - this is unprecidented and hideous criminal activity on a nationwide basis, and someone needs to go to jail!
By Doug Perkins @ 10/13/08 02:25:32 PMreport abuse
No surprise
No surprise. The Democrats using their sleezy friends at ACORN have been repeatedly involved in election fraud. Last election was no different, but, no one was paying attention.

Wake up, people.
By Amy @ 10/13/08 01:32:55 PMreport abuse
Nothing to see here...move along...
Of course, the elections workers are so busy processing those frantic, last minute ACORN registrations that there is no time to actually, y'know, prevent illegitimate or illegal voting.
It may not be deliberate fraud, but it sure is debilitating to the electoral process.
By pseudotsuga @ 10/13/08 01:23:58 PMreport abuse
Ratio
So there are twice as many Democrats as Republicans in our prisons?

OK. Draw your own conclusions. (You will ANYway.)
By Mister Snitch @ 10/13/08 01:17:26 PMreport abuse
Felons registered to vote
But, but, but voter fraud is a MYTH! Isn't it?
By GM @ 10/13/08 12:45:48 PMreport abuse
First!
First!
By Nunya Bidness @ 10/13/08 11:22:13 AMreport abuse