14,000 dead people, felons still registered to vote in Florida
Sun-Sentinel investigation shows fraud potential
Posted: 09/20/2010
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A newspaper investigation shows that thousands of dead people and convicted felons remain on Florida's voter registration rolls.
The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Sunday it found at least 9,700 felons whose civil rights have not been restored and at least 14,000 dead people remain registered to vote.
The numbers are significantly lower than what the paper found in 2008. Then, 28,000 dead people and 33,000 felons were registered.
While few votes are cast for the dead, the paper found that about 7,500 felons voted in the state's 2008 general election.
Florida elections head Dawn Roberts told the paper that based on its findings she is ordering an immediate review of the methods the state uses to identify voters who die or are convicted of a felony.
Read the complete Sun-Sentinel article here .
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