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Action was delayed on felons list problems { August 2 2004 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040802/NEWS/408020375/1004 http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040802/NEWS/408020375/1004 Published Monday, August 2, 2004 Action on Felons List Was Delayed Officials knew of problems with database months before tossing it. The Associated Press TALLAHASSEE -- Secretary of State Glenda Hood held out two months before scrapping a database of felons barred from voting despite knowing about problems with the list and the vendor responsible for compiling it. A May 2 internal memo requested by Hood details missed deadlines, failed software programs, personnel problems and a long list of mistakes, The Miami Herald reported Sunday. The memo obtained through a public-records request underscored problems the state faced as it rushed out a list of 48,000 people who could be kept off voter rolls and documented problems over a two-year period with a $2.7 million contract with Accenture, an international technology consulting firm. Agency spokeswoman Alia Faraj had no direct response Sunday to the lag time between the critical memo and the decision to yank the list July 10. Hood called for an audit and an inspector general's review at the same time. Jim McAvoy, spokesman for Accenture, told the Herald that the company was unaware of the memo. However, he acknowledged some "technical and staffing issues, which resulted in a delay of approximately five months," but said the state asked for many changes that contributed to the delays. Hood's office announced it was abandoning the list two days after acknowledging 2,500 ex-felons were on the list even though their voting rights had been restored through the state's clemency process. Most were Democrats, and many were black. Hispanics, who often vote Republican in Florida, were largely absent from the list due to a technical error when two databases were merged. Florida is one of only a handful of states that does not automatically restore voting rights to convicted felons when they complete their sentence. The purge of felons by election officials has been a hot-button issue since the 2000 presidential election. In a separate report last week, Gov. Jeb Bush's technology office was criticized in a scathing audit for the way it awards contracts to companies, including Accenture. "Of course we were frustrated," said former state elections boss Ed Kast, who retired in June. "We all wanted to know why it couldn't get done faster." Dawn Roberts, who replaced Kast, said the memo was ordered by Hood. "I think she was getting a lot of questions from reporters and from critics," Roberts told the Herald. "She asked for the answers in writing."

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