Florida’s local election supervisors reacted with skepticism Wednesday to a push by state authorities to remove thousands of potential non-U.S. citizens
from the voting rolls, only months before the 2012 elections in which the
coveted swing state will play a key role.
The supervisors, meeting at their annual summer conference, peppered state
election officials with questions about the list of more than 2,600
registered voters who have been identified as being in Florida legally but
ineligible to vote. That list was sent to supervisors recently, but state
officials have also said there may be as many as 182,000 registered voters
who may not be citizens.