Saturday, July 24, 2004

Fun with Public Officials and Public Databases

Not directly related to the convention, but an interesting
article nonetheless on Voter Purge rolls in Florida (yes,
2000 fallout again):

Fun with Public Officials and Public Databases
Article in KURO5HIN on public databases and voter purge rolls

where the author says he can prove that at least some
voter rolls purged in Florida DID NOT INCLUDE HISPANICS,
who (apparently) usually vote Republican, at least in
Florida (? howcum ?).

Anyway, the guy proves his point by referring to publically-accessible
databases and doing cross-referencing with the voter
rolls (or so I understand the article on a quick read).

Interesting ...