As always the first reports are to be treated with a grain or two of salt but one thing from the NY Times article struck me as odd…..
Mr. Sayoc, a registered Republican, has a lengthy criminal history in Florida dating back to 1991 that includes felony theft, drug and fraud charges, as well as being arrested and accused of threatening to use a bomb, public records show.
If he is a felon in Florida how is he registered to vote?
As a convicted felon you must wait five years after completion of your sentence, then appeal to the governor who is going to ask you some personal questions and if you are white you may get back the franchise. Someone (Rick Scott - R shitcan?) had to give him back is voting rights. In Florida convicted felons loose the right to vote, forever, the only way to get them back is if the governor provides a specific amnesty to you, I am looking forward to hearing which Governor thought this jack ass had been rehabilitated sufficiently.
Proposition 4 currently on the Florida ballot for November is supposed to fix this.
My point is that the State Officials you have to apply to is actually the governor, some governor of Florida probably either Charlie Christ or Rick Scott decided this guy gets his voting rights back.....Incidentally one of those two is currently running for the US senate… that would be an interesting thing to hear about.