Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) endured heavy criticism for his administration’s efforts to limit voting in the 2012 election. His administration’s latest decision to deny college students a convenient place to cast an early ballot is unlikely to quell this kind of criticism.Gainesville, Florida, in an attempt to avoid the six-hour lines that characterized last Election Day, sought approval to use the University of Florida’s student union as an early voting site. Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner denied the request, sparking outrage.Detzner justified the decision by claiming that the Reitz student union does not fit the list of eligible early voting sites, which was expanded last year to reduce lines. Now, municipalities can use fairgrounds, government-owned community centers, convention centers, stadiums, courthouses, civic centers, and county commission buildings.“The terms ‘convention center’ and ‘government-owned community center’ cannot be construed so broadly as to include the Reitz Union,” the state’s Division of Elections argued.
that has to be the second biggest lie i ever heard hell you can put 3 folding tables on the sidewalk and allow Americans their right to vote, this is voter blocking part deux, i can't believe how pig headed and care less about the people a elected official can be and hope to be re-elected he. he steps on the rights of more than his constituents by blocking them he blocks the nation from fair and honest voting
Local officials contend that the Reitz Union qualifies as a government-owned community center, as it is part of a public university.
“I’m very upset about this,” Polk County Supervisor of Elections Lori Edwards told the Tampa Bay Times. “I just can’t understand why they feel the need to be so restrictive about where people are allowed to vote…This is strategic. They’re worried about young people voting.”Instead, UF students will have to travel more than five miles off campus in order to cast their vote in the March special election — a difficult trip for a mostly car-less population.College students are among the demographics most targeted by voter suppression efforts. Republican lawmakers in several states have tried to restrict student voting and make it harder for students to claim residency where they go to school. Florida specifically tried to keep college students from voting in 2012 by requiring that they officially change their address a month before Election Day.
and your scotus finds no reason to regulate states that openly attempt to suppress voters, we need new laws, no more lifetime appt. to anybody, you come and if your decisions diresct the majority you leave simple as that when you fear nothing of job security it creates an atmosphere of deception and skulduggery.
they are killing the spirit of our younger Americans, but are they or are they creating the machine that will not tolerate them or their politics and birth a new vnation devoid of republican radicalism?
