Scott will ignore U.S. Sen. Durbin’s demand for answers on voting law

JANUARY 13, 2012

Gov. Rick Scott will not respond to a request from U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin that he promptly explain how his administration will ensure "that all Floridians who wish to do so can cast their votes during the early voting period" under the new voting law.

Why not? He's tied up with session, and he didn't write the law.

"Governor Scott won’t be responding to the senator’s letter. He’s focused on passing meaningful jobs legislation, education and PIP reform and respectfully declines to further explain a law he didn’t write," spokesman Lane Wright said in an email.

The same goes for a public hearing about the law in Tampa, which Durbin, an Illinois Democrat who chairs the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, invited Scott to attend.

Scott signed the elections overhaul into law in May. The hearing is Jan. 27 at the Hillsborough County Courthouse. Florida Sen. Bill Nelson will be there too.

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