Jeb Bush Purging Voters For Brother

More Pressure on Jeb to Restore Voters

More than 2,100 people, many of them black Democrats, remain on the list of potentially ineligible ex-con voters despite winning clemency - and the right to vote - after their crimes, The Miami Herald reported Friday.

"They had four years to fix this, and apparently they're asleep at the switch. It's either the most egregious neglect, or something else at play here," said Tony Welch, spokesman for the Democratic National Committee. "News flash to Jeb Bush: It's your job. If there's one responsibility this time around, it's to make sure it all goes smoothly."

Unlike in 2000, when tens of thousands of blacks and Democrats were likely prohibited from voting, The Miami Herald's analysis of the list's potential flaws has surfaced long before the November elections, giving activists the chance to object - and, perhaps, to sue.

Bush wouldn't comment when The Miami Herald story was published Friday. He hustled away from the spotlight at a public event, not to be seen again by the news media.

Florida is one of only six states, was ten, that permanently strips ex-felons of the right to vote unless they obtain a pardon for their crime.