Their assignment was to canvass voting rolls for residents who had died or changed their addresses, and follow up by challenging questionable voters at the polls.
The state asked the counties to verify the lists and, if they could not, to remove questionable voters from the rolls before the November election.
The state asked the counties to verify the lists and, if they could not, to remove questionable voters from the rolls.
Susan Bucher, the superintendent of elections in Palm Beach County, Fla., said that about 100 questionable voter registrations had been flagged there.
The six justices who denied the request to lift the stay before dawn on October 18th were mum as to why; they released no reasoning for the decision, which effectively gives Texas's questionable voter law a pass.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla .(AP) — What first appeared to be an isolated problem in one Florida county has spread statewide, with election officials in at least seven counties telling prosecutors or state election officials about questionable voter registration forms filled out on behalf of the Florida Republican Party.
The 2016 primary has seen its share of voting day outrages, from onerous voter ID laws to questionable voter purges.
In Palm Beach County, Fla., alone, about 100 questionable voter registrations were flagged, more than half of which involved changing a voter's party affiliation to Republican or independent.
As a result of Congressional inaction, look for more long lines, failed machines, questionable voter purges, election-day dirty tricks, GOP challenges to minority voters and ill-trained poll-workers who, following last week's court decision, are even more likely to mistakenly demand photo ID where it's not required, among other voting obstacles.
Tom Ryan, chairman of the Madison County Democratic Party, said poll officials on Election Day could have allowed questionable runoff voters to cast a provisional ballot that wouldn't be counted if they were found to have voted in the Democratic primary.
It's an idea that's very important to the mayor of a major city but of questionable impact on voters in more rural areas like Iowa and New Hampshire.
