so where are you on that, sir? is the county supervisor of elections in tallahassee? let me tell you that last friday, the general council for our association sent a memo and basically said we should not be participating, and we re not participating. leon county will not participate in a legal systematic purge that is barred by section 8 of the voting rights act. it is applicable, but that s a whole other legal issue because since october the state of florida filed a lawsuit against the government seeking to strike down the constitutionality of the voting rights act. this state is really doubling down on the partisan efforts, and this is all, really, since 2010 and what i call the tea party elections. why are they getting so rough down there? why are they so roughneck? they have been winning statewide, rick scott is the governor, why do they have to go in there and push this muscle around and squeeze out the democratic voters that are eligible, why are they play sog rough
kind of a reform this year agreeable on both sides? will they do this piecemeal and do something? yes, i believe it can happen and the president should try again to reach out to the other side. i know what he tried to do in the beginning, mr. boehner is the leader of the republicans in the house. he chose the path of saying our party will not support this, and republicans had great ideas. we had bipartisan meetings, and i liked some of their ideas and they liked some of our ideas. now let s watch how your defeated opponent tried to use it against you. here is that interview in one of his attack ads. i m steve rothman, and i approve this ad. the republicans had great
reach out to the other side. i know what he tried to do in the beginning. mr. boehner, the leader of republicans in the house, he chose the path of saying, nah, our party s not going to support any of this, and it puts the pressure on anybody on the other side, who wants to think of some the iss the republicans had great ideas. i liked some of their ideas. now let s watch how your opponent, your defeated opponent, tried to use it against you. here s steve rothman using that interview we just saw in one of his attack ads. i m steve rothman and i approve this message. who wants more tax cuts for the rich? mitt romney, chris christie, newt gingrich, and bill pascrell. republicans had great ideas. i liked some of their ideas. especially if you re wealthy. boy, what a cheap shot. what a distortion. they had you hanging around with the rich people and all you were saying is, let s try to find a compromise on health care to get something done.
it does smell like what the government did in 2000 when the florida was declared for bush by the u.s. supreme court. that year they decided the election for w., some 1200 felonies were kept from voting. they turned out to be legitimate voters. here again, were they suspected felo felons or democrats. there is something afoot when they keep the young and minority from the ballot box. we have the supervisor of elections in leon county florida, and the president of the florida league of women voters. thank you so much for joining us. here is where that thing stands down there. right now, last week the department of justice sent a letter to the florida secretary of state saying the effort to purge ineligible voters might be a violation of the 1965 act. any changes had to be submitted for approval. they basically said drop dead tr he wrote the department of state respectfully disagrees with the department of justice s position. the actions taking by florida to identify and remove
bush in supreme court. in florida when it was decided for w., some were kept from voting t. turned out to be legitimate voters kept from voting. here again, were they suspected republicans or suspected democrats? a political party pulls every kind of she shnanigan so keep a voters from voting. thank you so much for joining us. here s where that thing stands down there. last week the department of justice sent a letter to the florida secretary of state saying the effort to purge ineligible voters might be a violation of the 1965 voting rights act. any changes affecting voting has to be submitted for approval. well, yesterday the secretary of state down there in florida basically said drop dead to the attorney general in washington. in a response letter he wrote, quote, the department of state respectfully disagrees with the department of justice s position, the actions taken by flr flor to identify and remove non-citizens from its voter rolls ensure that the right to vote of c