A federal court in Tampa dismissed the claim by civil rights activists Wednesday challenging the controversial 2012 voter purge enacted by Gov. Rick Scott and the state’s Division of Elections to rid the rolls of what they believed were scores of fraudulent voter registrations. The action was challenged by the the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida and the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law on behalf of Mi Familia Vota and two U.S. citizens and alleged it unconstitutionally targeted minority voters.
The court on Wednesday cited the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on Shelby County v. Holder, which dismantled the part of the federal Voting Rights Act that required that state actions receive federal approval or preclearnace.
The ACLU of Florida director Howard Simon said the decision is further proof that the U.S. Supreme Court ruling “has taken away one of the primary tools we have used to challenge efforts to undermine democracy by suppressing minority votes.”
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