Errors Alleged in Florida Vote List

MIAMI — More than 2,100 Floridians who had their voting rights restored were included on a list of purported felons who were potentially ineligible to vote, a newspaper reported Friday.

The names were on a Florida Division of Elections list of more than 47,000 sent to county elections supervisors, who were to determine who should be removed from the rolls.

The Miami Herald, after a computer analysis, said at least 2,119 people on the list had received clemency and were eligible to vote.

The purge of felons from voter rolls has been an issue in Florida since the disputed 2000 presidential election. A company hired to identify ineligible voters before that election produced an error-filled list and elections supervisors removed voters without verifying its accuracy.