Florida elections division chief quits amid controvery on voter rolls

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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/sfl-felection08jun08,0,2424064.story?coll=sfla-news-florida

Florida elections division chief quits amid controvery on voter rolls

By Bob Mahlburg
Tallahassee Bureau
Posted June 8 2004



TALLAHASSEE · The head of Florida's elections division resigned Monday amid reports he was feeling political heat over a push to purge thousands of suspected felons from the state's voter rolls.

Ed Kast, who has worked for the state elections division for more than a decade, said only that he was resigning to "pursue other opportunities."

But Kast has told a handful of associates that he was uncomfortable with growing pressure to trim felons from voter rolls in time for the fall election, friends say.
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[struggle4progress]

1. Project "Steal Florida 2004" gets underway. eom

[radfringe]

2. doesn't surprise me that GOPers are at it again

worked the first time didn't it?

questions: will the media pick up on this more and start investigating or is this going to remain a back-page blurb?

will Kast speak-out in more detail? will others come forward with the same concerns?

[The Backlash Cometh]

3. Kick

Why isn't this article getting more play in DU?

[The Backlash Cometh]

4. Kick

Gee, I don't know why it isn't getting a bigger response. If they make a 2 percent mistake in the voter purge, that's enough to turn the election.

[The Backlash Cometh]

5. Kick

2 percent, eh? How can you miss a 2 percent error rate? That's almost 1000 people.

[The Backlash Cometh]

6. Kick

Oh, believe me. It can happen. Too much diplomacy among our Democratic leaders in Florida. If he wasn't being considered for the V-P job, I doubt Nelson would have thrown his hat in the ring.

Wimp-meisters like Penelas are more the rule, than the exception.

[soup]

7. It's here.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x609098

Looks like their putting together the team to go into the finals.

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on edit: his quitting under pressure definitely needs more airplay.