Third-party groups registering voters lose
A federal judge recently sided with the state in upholding a new state law that targets third-party groups that register voters.
The League of Women Voters of Florida and the Florida AFL-CIO had filed the lawsuit in April challenging the law that require third-party groups to submit voter registration applications to elections officials within 10 days and before the registration deadlines. Those that don't face hefty fines.
Last Wednesday in Miami, Federal District Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga upheld the constitutionality of the law.
Here's the statement from Secretary of State Kurt S. Browning on the ruling:
“Every voter registration applicant who completes an application and entrusts it to somebody else should fully expect that the application will promptly reach election officials so that the applicant may be registered and eligible to vote. This law does just that and protects the right to vote of all Floridians.” Browning announced that the law would be implemented in the near future, once an implementing rule is finalized.
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Why did the unions and LWV want to hold on to the registrations in the first place?
Posted by: | August 12, 2008 at 05:36 PM
Mainly, to weed out the non-believers!
Posted by: | August 12, 2008 at 11:41 PM
good ruling
Posted by: | August 13, 2008 at 01:03 AM
10 days. Turn them in the same or next day. So what.
Posted by: | August 13, 2008 at 01:15 AM
remember katherine harris
Posted by: | August 13, 2008 at 03:41 AM
Remember ACORN and voter fraud. For once, the judiciary stood up to the thugs who try to steal elections.
Posted by: | August 13, 2008 at 07:21 AM
Funny, this law originated when the Voter registration in 2006 picked up for Demicrats. The Jeb Bush Governor's atty Peter Antonacci SUED the League of Women voters to KEEP them from doing third party voter registration AT ALL.
What are the GOP operatives afraid of? Dems might hold office? Nationally, Obama is winning in the polls. Funny that Florida polls by GOP friendly polling groups show McCain ahead.
The League is also reviewing the voting machine irregularities, because if Ca, Ill, and Ohio were any indication, voting software scandals abound.
Posted by: peggy | August 13, 2008 at 10:15 AM