Florida Vote Officials to Talk Felon List [View All]

Florida Vote Officials to Talk Felon List
Sun Jun 6, 5:37 PM ET
By RACHEL LA CORTE, Associated Press Writer

FROM: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040606/ap_on_el_st_lo/florida_voter_roll&e=2
MIAMI - Many of Florida's local elections supervisors are concerned about the accuracy of a list of 47,000 possible felons to be purged from voter rolls, and they want the state's help in ensuring that no voters are disenfranchised in November.

The summer conference of elections supervisors from Florida's 67 counties opens Monday in Key West. The list is expected to be a hot topic, in part because CNN recently filed a lawsuit seeking access to it.

"We know the outcome of using inaccurate lists," said Ion Sanchez, Leon County supervisor of elections. "The outcome is that legal voters are disenfranchised."

The issue is particularly sensitive because in the 2000 presidential election George W. Bush was declared the winner by just 537 votes after five weeks of recounts and challenges in Florida.

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