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	<title>Comments on: Rick Scott: I&#8217;m Not Dead Yet</title>
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		<title>By: David Huie Green</title>
		<link>http://www.northescambia.com/2012/06/ricks-scott-im-not-dead-yet/comment-page-1#comment-131388</link>
		<dc:creator>David Huie Green</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2012 05:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>REGARDING:
“If it is Constitutionally illegal for the governor of a state to purge the voter rolls, then it is illegal. Period.&quot;

True, but not necessarily relevant. The Constitution doesn&#039;t forbid purging of ineligible voters from voting rolls. Laws written under the authority of the Fifteenth Amendment might make it illegal in certain circumstances, but there is no law which says everybody who was ever on the voter&#039;s rolls must be there for eternity.

For that matter, the power of Congress under the Fifteenth Amendment is limited:

Amendment XV
Section 1.
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

Section 2.
The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

So Congress only has power to enforce it based on race, color or previous condition of servitude. Further, they only have the power to protect the right of citizens of the United States to vote. They are not empowered to protect the voting rights of non citizens under #15.

Therefore, if the supervisors of elections of the various counties (also not the Governor) decide to remove someone from the rolls because they discover they are not US citizens, Congress is not ceded the power to prevent them.

Further, as this article points out, people who maintain they ARE citizens can cast provisional ballots no matter what and if they are proven to be as they claim, their vote is counted even if their name is not on the proper list.

David thinking the governor wins this round</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>REGARDING:<br />
“If it is Constitutionally illegal for the governor of a state to purge the voter rolls, then it is illegal. Period.&#8221;</p>
<p>True, but not necessarily relevant. The Constitution doesn&#8217;t forbid purging of ineligible voters from voting rolls. Laws written under the authority of the Fifteenth Amendment might make it illegal in certain circumstances, but there is no law which says everybody who was ever on the voter&#8217;s rolls must be there for eternity.</p>
<p>For that matter, the power of Congress under the Fifteenth Amendment is limited:</p>
<p>Amendment XV<br />
Section 1.<br />
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.</p>
<p>Section 2.<br />
The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.</p>
<p>So Congress only has power to enforce it based on race, color or previous condition of servitude. Further, they only have the power to protect the right of citizens of the United States to vote. They are not empowered to protect the voting rights of non citizens under #15.</p>
<p>Therefore, if the supervisors of elections of the various counties (also not the Governor) decide to remove someone from the rolls because they discover they are not US citizens, Congress is not ceded the power to prevent them.</p>
<p>Further, as this article points out, people who maintain they ARE citizens can cast provisional ballots no matter what and if they are proven to be as they claim, their vote is counted even if their name is not on the proper list.</p>
<p>David thinking the governor wins this round</p>
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		<title>By: Betty</title>
		<link>http://www.northescambia.com/2012/06/ricks-scott-im-not-dead-yet/comment-page-1#comment-131348</link>
		<dc:creator>Betty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 17:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I wish he could be purged from his governor job...he is the worst governor I have ever seen in our state..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wish he could be purged from his governor job&#8230;he is the worst governor I have ever seen in our state..</p>
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		<title>By: Henry Coe</title>
		<link>http://www.northescambia.com/2012/06/ricks-scott-im-not-dead-yet/comment-page-1#comment-131324</link>
		<dc:creator>Henry Coe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 12:14:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If it is Constitutionally illegal for the governor of a state to purge the voter rolls, then it is illegal. Period. The out come of such a purge, whether good or bad, doesn&#039;t have anything to do with whether it is legal or not, except to someone who might get purged and then decide to sue the state.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If it is Constitutionally illegal for the governor of a state to purge the voter rolls, then it is illegal. Period. The out come of such a purge, whether good or bad, doesn&#8217;t have anything to do with whether it is legal or not, except to someone who might get purged and then decide to sue the state.</p>
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		<title>By: bob hudson</title>
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		<dc:creator>bob hudson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 16:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There is nothing wrong with what the are trying to do. It needs to be corrected. We sure do not wish to have another ACORN event. But it seems that those who are against this do not wish to talk about what happened with ACORN and their voter fraud charges.You would think the A.G.Eric Holder would care about avoiding another problem like that. But no, he is fighting this tooth and nail.Odd is it not?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is nothing wrong with what the are trying to do. It needs to be corrected. We sure do not wish to have another ACORN event. But it seems that those who are against this do not wish to talk about what happened with ACORN and their voter fraud charges.You would think the A.G.Eric Holder would care about avoiding another problem like that. But no, he is fighting this tooth and nail.Odd is it not?</p>
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		<title>By: David Huie Green</title>
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		<dc:creator>David Huie Green</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:26:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Lynn??

His mother named him Richard Lynn Scott??

not a good name like Huie?

Anyhoo, they probably tried to purge his name because he was a Democrat.
He wasn&#039;t a Democrat?
You mean they actually were just trying to keep accurate records?

David thinking it was a natural mistake</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lynn??</p>
<p>His mother named him Richard Lynn Scott??</p>
<p>not a good name like Huie?</p>
<p>Anyhoo, they probably tried to purge his name because he was a Democrat.<br />
He wasn&#8217;t a Democrat?<br />
You mean they actually were just trying to keep accurate records?</p>
<p>David thinking it was a natural mistake</p>
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		<title>By: Bob</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 13:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rick Scott will be remembered in years to come as one of Floridas greatest Governors.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rick Scott will be remembered in years to come as one of Floridas greatest Governors.</p>
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		<title>By: Kathy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kathy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 11:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>He should be purged from government.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He should be purged from government.</p>
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