The Justice Department on Tuesday sued Florida to block its effort to purge its voter rolls of non-US citizens and to stop further attempts before the November elections.

The suit against the state and Secretary of State Ken Detzner alleges Florida violated its obligations under the federal National Voter Registration Act by conducting a “systematic program to purge voters from its rolls within the 90-day quiet period before an election for federal office.”

The suit also alleges Florida violated the law by using “inaccurate and unreliable” voter verification procedures, according to a statement by Thomas E. Perez, assistant attorney general for the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division...

The suit came one day after GOP Gov. Rick Scott announced his administration is filing suit against the federal government in connection with the same issue.

“This is not a partisan issue,” Scott said Tuesday on Fox News. “This is protecting the rights of US citizens and not diluting their vote by non-US citizens.”

Florida's suit is being filed against the Department of Homeland Security, claiming the federal government is denying the state access to a database that would allow it to verify the citizenship of registered voters.

Scott's administration has said the federal government is skirting the law by denying Florida access to the database.

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Editor's Note: Unacceptable on every level. When, in the history of the United States, has an attorney general had so many lawsuits against the States that quest to keep them from protecting their citizens and State constitutions?


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