July 09, 2004
SP Times: "Nevermind"
Yesterday, the SP Times, in a story about Florida’s infamous voter purge list, reported that only several hundred names were removed by the state after it came to light that these black Democrats have a legal right to vote.
Today, the paper seems to be coming into line with most of the rest of the state’s newspapers. They’ve updated their numbers and now claim 2,500 have been removed, but they don’t ever explain how they calculated the smaller number or why they were so out of line with other reports.
Wednesday's abrupt turnabout by Secretary of State Glenda Hood affects 2,465 people, nearly five times as many as the 537 who decided the presidential election of 2000. The shift ends a threatened lawsuit by civil rights groups who said the earlier policy violated federal civil rights laws.
The Miami Herald has not backed off their estimate, which stands at 1,600, but most other sources are sticking with 2,500. Would it be so hard to simply compare the “before” and “after” lists and figure out what the state has done?
Posted by Norwood at July 9, 2004 09:00 AMComments
