TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's attempt to screen voter rolls for non-U.S. citizens is yielding a smaller number than state officials had anticipated.
The Florida Department of State announced Wednesday that it used a federal immigration database to verify 207 voters are not citizens. Earlier this year, state officials under Republican Gov. Rock Scott had said they suspected more than 2,600 voters were ineligible and had asked election supervisors to purge those on the list.
State officials, however, said the screening process was still a success because it yielded some ineligible voters.
Florida's announcement came the same day that it reached an agreement with voting groups that had challenged the purge, alleging it was discriminatory because they said it mostly targeted Hispanics.
Under the agreement, the state will instruct elections supervisors to contact the remaining 2,400 voters who'd come under scrutiny and tell them they're still eligible to cast ballots.
