(Reuters) – Florida, a key electoral battleground where the 2000 presidential election was decided by a few hundred ballots, will defy the Justice Department’s warning to stop its effort to purge ineligible voters, a state spokesman said on Saturday. The warning issued this week by the head of the Justice Department’s voting section said the move to purge voters appeared to violate the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which protects minorities. It demanded a response by Wednesday. …
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