In two counties - Collier and Lee - at least nine people have been removed from the voter rolls under Scott's program, and elections officials have no solid proof that those people are noncitizens. More could be purged soon.
It's that lack of certainty that concerns Democrats, liberals and voting-rights groups, who have sued the state to stop the program. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice also filed suit.
Critics say they worry that the program will spook legitimate voters who are immigrants.
"This affects the immigrant community and the rumor mill is churning," said Lida Rodriguez-Taseff, a Miami lawyer representing the Advancement Project and a coalition of other liberal-leaning groups opposed to the program.
"People are in fear," she said. "This is complicated and threatening." ...McClatchy
There seems to be a parallel, supportive effort going on in Congress where Senate Republicans are trying to thwart the Department of Justice and -- they'd like to think -- take Eric Holder out. But none of this will sink deep into memory. Florida's sleazy governor, however, is setting Florida back about 70 years in terms of how the country sees the state -- a state once again sharing the reputation of the Deep South during its most isolated, racist and reckless period.
