so far, florida has shown defiance. on friday, a spokesperson to secretary of state ken detsner. told the huffington post, we re committed to doing the right thing and preventing ineligible voters from being able to cast a ballot. we re not going to give up efforts to make sure florida rolls are accurate. the systematic removal of thousands of people from its rolls without doj approval seemingly violates the voting rights act of 1965, hence of smackdown from the doj. this is not the first time florida has denied residents the right to vote. the nonpartisan brendan center estimates that florida wrongfully disenfranchised 12,000 qualified voters before the 2,000 election decided by a marge of of 537 votes. only after the election was over did florida admit its effort was flawed. a two-year effort to eliminate tens of thousands of