Is the purged voter list in FL part of the public record?

Can I go down the street to LePore's office, get a list of them, and go around, or call them, at least let them know they have been purged?

After I explain what the deal is, maybe they will reregister and vote against the folks who disenfranchised them.

Anybody here in Palm Beach County who would be willing to go down to the election office Friday (I'm traveling this week) and find out, and then start calling folks?

You can get voter lists if you belong to a P.A.C. or some kind of political organization. The charge for the information is minimal. But you can't get the information as an individual, unless you're running for office.

are subject to the Sunshine Law. That means just about everything they do and say is part of the public record and is supposed to be made accessible to the public.

I believe this list of purged voters should be subject to the Sunshine Law and therefore should be available for public viewing.

You might start with a call the the Sec. of State's office in Tallahassee.

I am currently looking through LePore's website and at Crist's (FL AG) website.

On the AG site I have found a request for public records, but he might redirect me to LePore's office, which DOESN'T seem to have any type of request form, or even email contact.

she's a real Bu$hbot, but it is her office that generates the list and then sends copies to all the county Supervisors of Elections.

I assume that all the counties get the same list, so you might want to try to get the list from someplace other than LePore's office. LePore and Hood are both totally incompetent. However, it is Hood's office that should be the one with the info you are looking for.

Hood. Perfect name for her, eh?

Sincerest regards,

Vickers

The state said that only government officials, candidates for office, and political parties can be provided copies of such records under state law.

CNN as well as members of the general public were invited to view the documents in the Florida Division of Elections headquarters in Tallahassee, on the condition that there be no photocopying or note-taking.

"Unless people look at the list and see their names and know that it's wrong, then they could end up in a situation where they don't have the right to vote," said Tampa attorney Gregg D. Thomas of the law firm Holland & Knight, who is representing CNN in the matter. "It is incredible that information this important to a constitutional right, the right to vote, is not freely and openly disseminated."
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/28/fla.vote/index.html

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Doesn't say what constitutes a 'government official'. I wonder if someone employed by - oh, say a city in some capacity would be considered a government official? or - perhaps a notary public could request a list?

the longer they can delay the corrections to their admittedly erroneous list:

"A Florida state official acknowledged to CNN that the 2000 list contained errors -- in particular that it included felons convicted in other states, who are eligible to vote in Florida."


the more likely it is that the problem won't be corrected in time for the 2004 election.



"CNN as well as members of the general public were invited to view the documents in the Florida Division of Elections headquarters in Tallahassee, on the condition that there be no photocopying or note-taking."

"Unless people look at the list and see their names and know that it's wrong, then they could end up in a situation where they don't have the right to vote," said Tampa attorney Gregg D. Thomas of the law firm Holland & Knight, who is representing CNN in the matter. "It is incredible that information this important to a constitutional right, the right to vote, is not freely and openly disseminated."

according to the Constitution of the state of Florida.
http://www.myflorida.com/myflorida/government/governorinitiatives/notary/lawbook.html#five

My questions are -

Since the records are available to 'government officials', my questions are:

1. What is the definition of 'government official'?

2. Would a notary public (as an officer of the state) have the right to a copy of the list?

edit : to change official to officer