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Buried in the local section of the Gainesville Sun, I found this article

As far back as 1997, state election officials knew that using race to create a felon voter purge list could mean Hispanics wouldn't be included in the purge, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune has learned.
Elections officials studied the race issue for the purge conducted before the 2000 election, and again in 2001 as they developed the latest version of the list designed to keep felons from voting.
The decision to use race for the 2004 purge, knowing it could exclude Hispanics, renews questions about whether the error was intentional, said U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler, D-Boca Raton.
'It's a clear indication of a pattern of falsifying the voting process in Florida,' Wexler said. 'As we now learn more and more, the likelihood of a coincidence is just too great.'
Wexler said the findings could warrant an investigation by the state attorney general's office, and Secretary of State Glenda Hood's removal from office.

I also received this response to my call for an investigation from State Senator Rod Smith's office:

Thanks for your email. Senator Smith plans to propose legislation regarding
this issue in 2005. As you know, the Florida Senate and House are both under a Republican-majority. We don't anticipate that the leadership of either house will authorize or pursue this issue further. Senate Democrats have issued a multitude of requests that the issue be examined. Tonya Shays, Leg. Asst.

Not quite the response I was hoping for. We've got to keep up the pressure. Demand an Investigation!