paft: So you're claiming, in all seriousness, that the Florida Secretary of State, Katherine Harris, and the Florida Director of Elections, Clay Roberts, had nothing to do with it? bdj: Katherine Harris had absolutely nothing to do with it, no. She was not in charge of individual counties.
No, actually, she and Clay Roberts were in charge of how ALL of them handled the voting rolls. They set the policy for the individual counties to follow. They issued the orders.
Paft: Which, given the sheer volume of people who'd been purged, was unlikely to be completed before the election. bdj: So you say.
So say many of the counties who had to notify the voters, and many of those voters.
bdj: If you don't check your registration and there's a problem, that's your fault. You're responsible for your voter registration.
I'm sorry, but that's simply ridiculous. Once a citizen has registered to vote, and done so accurately and honestly, it's up to the government to ensure that the voting rolls are accurate.
Paft: Are you denying that law-abiding voters were falsely labeled felons and refused access to the ballot? bdj: Yes.
So every single one of those voters purged were felons?
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Date: 15/5/12 00:46 (UTC)bdj: Katherine Harris had absolutely nothing to do with it, no. She was not in charge of individual counties.
No, actually, she and Clay Roberts were in charge of how ALL of them handled the voting rolls. They set the policy for the individual counties to follow. They issued the orders.
Paft: Which, given the sheer volume of people who'd been purged, was unlikely to be completed before the election.
bdj: So you say.
So say many of the counties who had to notify the voters, and many of those voters.
bdj: If you don't check your registration and there's a problem, that's your fault. You're responsible for your voter registration.
I'm sorry, but that's simply ridiculous. Once a citizen has registered to vote, and done so accurately and honestly, it's up to the government to ensure that the voting rolls are accurate.
Paft: Are you denying that law-abiding voters were falsely labeled felons and refused access to the ballot?
bdj: Yes.
So every single one of those voters purged were felons?