Trial on voter rolls ends

List had dead, 130-year-olds

Broward County is not doing enough to remove ineligible voters from its lists, it was claimed at a federal trial that wrapped Wednesday.

The argument came from the conservative American Civil Rights Union, which has been pursuing similar claims nationwide.

ACRU attorney J. Christian Adams in his closing argument said voter rolls had:

48 registered voters who were older than the oldest living American, including a few who topped 130 years old;

1,200 voters whose registrations were accepted even though they used invalid commercial addresses for their residences;

23 percent of voters identified as having died in 2011 who were still on the voting rolls in May 2012.

Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes during testimony that non-citizens have registered and cast ballots in the county, Adams said.

“It isn’t reasonable to do the bare minimum in Broward County. The bare minimum isn’t reasonable when severe problems exist,” Adams said.

The defense said the data provided were misleading. Some voters, such as boat dwellers and homeless people, don’t have residential addresses. The dead people who were found on the rolls in 2012 were removed after the elections office verified the information it was given.

And information the ACRU wants Bloom to order the county to begin using — from a detailed driver’s license infor-