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11 Jun 2012, 3:12 pm by Rick Hasen
TPM: “The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division will sue the state of Florida for purging voters from its rolls in violation of federal law, Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez said in a letter to Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner Monday.” [read post]
31 May 2012, 6:10 pm by Rick Hasen
TPM: “The Justice Department sent a letter to Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner Thursday evening demanding the state cease purging its voting rolls because the process it is using has not been cleared under the Voting Rights Act, TPM has learned.” [read post]
16 Jul 2012, 11:20 am by Dan Taglioli
[JURIST] Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner [official profile] on Saturday announced that the federal government will allow Florida access to a US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) [official website] immigration database to challenge individuals' voting rights if the state suspects them of not being US citizens. [read post]
16 Oct 2016, 11:43 am by Mark Casper
Judge Mark Walters was highly critical [AP report] of Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner [official profile] for previously delaying the hearing, accusing him of "us[ing] every second available to run out the clock" in order to "deprive Florida citizens of their most precious right" to vote. [read post]
2 Jun 2012, 8:15 am by Jamie Davis
[JURIST] The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] on Thursday sent a letter [text] to Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner [official profile], demanding that the state stop purging its voting rolls, a process that is not approved under the Voting Rights Act (VRA) [text] or the National Voter Registration Act [text, PDF]. [read post]
12 Jun 2012, 9:34 am by Big Tent Democrat
What Detzner does not acknowledge is that the Florida purge removes lawful voters from the rolls, and most of those voters are minorities. [read post]
10 Oct 2018, 9:15 am
Secretary of State Ken Detzner has authorized supervisors of elections, whose offices are closed today as a result of Hurricane Michael, to accept paper voter registration on the next day the office is reopened, whenever that may be. [read post]
4 Aug 2014, 10:48 am by Elizabeth Cummins, Esq.
Ken Detzner, et al, Judge Terry Lewis of the Leon County Circuit Court in Tallahassee found the redistricting maps drawn by the Legislature for the 5th and 10th Congressional Districts to be created “in contravention of the constitutional mandates” found in Article III, Section 20 of the Florida Constitution. [read post]
15 Jul 2012, 7:56 pm by Rick Hasen
As Secretary of State Ken Detzner stated in a Letter to Supervisors Regarding SAVE sent to the 67 Supervisors of Elections on Saturday, July 14: The process to identify potential non-citizens will include a carefully calibrated matching process between the Florida Voter Registration System and the driver’s license records of the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles before any records are verified through SAVE. [read post]
12 Sep 2012, 9:08 pm by Rick Hasen
The state has not discovered whether any of the 207 had ever voted or were registered by accident, but Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner said it showed the state has a “successful process to identify illegally registered voters. [read post]
12 Sep 2012, 12:22 pm by Rick Hasen
  “The Voter Eligibility Initiative is already proving to be a successful process to identify illegally registered voters on Florida’s voter rolls,” said Secretary of State Ken Detzner. [read post]
7 Sep 2012, 7:41 am by Rick Hasen
.’ In Florida, which was first to gain access to the database after fighting the federal government in court, an initial run of roughly 2,600 names has turned up “several” violators, according to a spokesman for Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner.” So this is a good time to reprint this earlier blog post of mine:  [UPDATE: Please see this correction.] [read post]
21 Apr 2016, 10:37 am by Shawn Garrison
“Current law directs a judge to consider the needs and interests of the children first when determining a parenting plan and time-sharing schedule,” Scott said in a letter to Secretary of State Ken Detzner. [read post]
12 Jun 2012, 3:59 pm by Eva Arevuo
In a cease and desist letter to Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner, Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez said explained that because of Florida’s “unwillingness to comply” with the requirements of the Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, he was authorizing “the initiation of an enforcement action against Florida in federal court. [read post]
15 Jan 2019, 6:48 am by admin
While all supporters of Amendment 4 staunchly believe the language is self-executing, noted opposers included incoming Governor-elect Ron DeSantis (R), Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner (R), and Florida Senate President Bill Galvano (R), believe the legislature (convening in March 2019) needs to craft implementing language. [read post]
3 Jun 2012, 9:19 pm by Rick Hasen
” As the article explains, Governor Scott replaced Browning with Ken Detzner, who has been willing to employ the disputed method for scrubbing the voter rolls. [read post]
3 Jun 2012, 9:19 pm by Rick Hasen
” As the article explains, Governor Scott replaced Browning with Ken Detzner, who has been willing to employ the disputed method for scrubbing the voter rolls. [read post]