The American Civil Liberties Union and others are asking a
federal court to block Florida's
push to remove voters from the rolls.
The lawsuit filed in Tampa
on Friday says the purge cannot go forward unless it is approved by federal
officials. The U.S. Department of Justice has already told the state the same
thing.
Florida, at the
urging of Republican Gov. Rick Scott, began looking for ineligible voters last
year. An initial search turned up as many as 182,000 registered voters who may
not be U.S.
citizens.
Earlier this year state officials sent to local election
officials a much smaller list of more than 2,600 voters and asked supervisors
to start the process to remove them from the rolls. Supervisors have questioned
the accuracy of the list.
