1 in 30 of Florida's Registered Voters are Possibly Either Dead or Long Gone.News Editors and Marketing/Political Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 8, 2000 Giving a whole new meaning to the term "absentee One who has left, either temporarily or permanently, his or her domicile or usual place of residence or business. A person beyond the geographical borders of a state who has not authorized an agent to represent him or her in legal proceedings that may be commenced against him or her voter," a Washington DC-based technology company has found that 3.3 percent of all Floridians registered to vote as of August 2000 have possibly died or moved away. Aristotle International, Inc. made this discovery while going through its annual process to scrub its computerized computerized adapted for analysis, storage and retrieval on a computer. computerized axial tomography see computed tomography. voter lists of what it calls "deadwood Deadwood, city (1990 pop. 1,830), seat of Lawrence co., W S.Dak.; settled 1876 after discovery of gold. A Black Hills tourist center, it is also a trade hub for a lumbering, stock-raising, and mining region. ," registered voters who have likely moved or died. With more than 8.3 million registered voters, Florida's voter rolls may contain more than 272,000 ineligible in·el·i·gi·ble adj. 1. Disqualified by law, rule, or provision: ineligible to run for office; ineligible for health benefits. 2. voters. 16 counties received a deadwood score in excess of 3.5 percent, including Alachua, Bradford, Charlotte, Collier, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee manatee: see sirenian. manatee Any of three species (family Trichechidae) of slow-moving, shallow-water herbivorous mammals. Manatees have a tapered body ending in a rounded flipper, no hind flippers, and foreflippers near the head. , Monroe, Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach, Pasco, Polk, Sarasota, and Volusia. The company took its voter lists and matched them against Social Security and Change of Address lists to determine who has moved and/or died. Aristotle, founded in 1983, provides information, products and services to political campaigns, advocacy organizations and commercial enterprises. Aristotle also maintains a nationwide file of voters compiled from sworn records from a large number of state, county and local jurisdictions. More information on Aristotle is available at www.aristotle.com. |
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