Florida Gov. Rick Scott says election officials thought he was dead
Source: Yahoo News - "The Ticket" blog (via AP)
Florida Governor Rick Scott revealed to a Tallahassee radio station Thursday that in 2006 he was removed from state voter rolls, because Florida election officials thought he was dead, according to the Associated Press.
"They said I had passed away," Scott reportedly revealed. "I said, 'Here's my driver's license. I'm here, I'm really alive.' So they allowed me to vote provisionally."
Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/florida-gov-rick-scott-says-election-officials-thought-183535287.html
Advice to Florida voters: "Look alive!"
annabanana
(52,791 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)Ian David
(69,059 posts)I don't think he should be eligible to vote or run for office until we have DNA evidence.
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)It should state clearly on the form that Rick Skinhead is NOT dead and is really, truly, serially UNDEAD!
secondvariety
(1,245 posts)He's obviously some kind of robot.
3waygeek
(2,034 posts)does that count?
tanyev
(42,692 posts)Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)And too bad they weren't right.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Almost no witch or wizard dares to speak his name, instead referring to him by epithets such as "You-Know-Who", "He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named" or "the Dark Lord".
Now we know his real name.
Thanks, klook. 'Look alive!' indeed.
gregoire
(192 posts).
dbonds
(4,793 posts)Cass
(2,600 posts)dgauss
(885 posts)DRoseDARs
(6,810 posts)Voter purge for thee, not for me. Eh, Rick?
sgsmith
(398 posts)Most election districts don't count the provisional votes unless they could possibly affect the outcome of the election. If there are 5,000 provisional votes and a 10,000 spread between candidates, the provisional votes can't swing the results.
klook
(12,174 posts)That's from the Miami Herald.
If you wade through the 'bagger comments, some of the others are pretty good:
- That is funny ! Probably occurred after he declared himself dead after defrauded Medicare of the 1.7 billion dollars !
- ...he's ALIVE !!!...really??..seen the movie >"night of the living dead"
- How Rick Scott found out he was dead - Once upon a time, when he was a private citizen, Rick Scott was mistaken for a dead man. There was no mistake. He is a real stiff! Let me guess! He checked his own pulse?
- I thought Harry Potter offed him with the elder wand!
BE10sCoach
(48 posts)Scott is in fact dead, LOL, he's the zombie crook the idiots and dopes in Florida elected. Einstein's definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. So Florida, keep electing these "doofus" Conservative Republicans and see what changes in the Sunshine State, NOTHING!!!!!!!!
aquart
(69,014 posts)Where venting saves the sanity of thousands.
DallasNE
(7,404 posts)Yes, they check the local obit and attempt to match on name and date of birth and when they have a match they mark the person as "challenged". After the election they review the challenged list and when they haven't voted they remove them. Two problems sometimes happen. A clerical error where the mark "Jr" as challenged when it is "Sr" that passed away AND they live at the same address. More rare, two people with the same name and date of birth could be on the roll and they challenge the wrong person.
The normal process would be for the poll worker to call the central office to learn why the voter is challenged. When the reason is "deceased" and the person has a voter ID like a drivers license that shows name and date of birth then the person would be given an apology and handed a regular ballot. I suspect Scott is blowing a little smoke here to support his disenfranchisement ploy. No dice! Stop lying.
aquart
(69,014 posts)Turbineguy
(37,423 posts)your eyes.
underpants
(183,063 posts)marble falls
(57,647 posts)iamthebandfanman
(8,127 posts)and this isnt a meatloaf song
sofa king
(10,857 posts)Or is his the only provisional vote that was ever allowed?
mlevans
(843 posts)How in the name of all the gods can he go ahead and do it to other people? Is this supposed to be a case of the "oh well, it wasn't so bad for me" sort of thing?
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)SacoMaine61
(114 posts)klook
(12,174 posts)Moondog
(4,833 posts)8 track mind
(1,638 posts)mwooldri
(10,305 posts)Dead wrong that is on many issues.
This includes Mr. Scott.
So why the voter purge when he got purged himself? If he wasn't eligible to vote, how come he's the governor of Florida? ??