Sen. Nelson joining CNN lawsuit on voter list

[Freddie Stubbs]

By Brian Crowley, Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Friday, June 4, 2004



U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is joining a lawsuit filed by CNN demanding that Florida election officials make public a state list of names of possible felons who are to be deleted from voters rolls.

Nelson will announce the filing of a "friend of the court" brief supporting the CNN suit today during a news conference in front of the Palm Beach County elections office.

"The list should be open to the public, because of the potential for mistakes," said Nelson in a prepared statement.

The state compiles lists of possible felons and gives the list to county election officials who then review the names to determine if there are any felons who must be removed from voter rolls. In the 2000 election, many potential voters around the state said they were prevented from voting because their names were incorrectly on the list.

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[Imalittleteapot]

1. Great news, but

are there going to be some privacy issues in this suit? Seems like felons wouldn't want their names published.