Florida election officials have decided to scrap the list of 48,000 people that would be used to block convicted felons from voting this year. Why you might ask? Because only one-tenth of 1% were Hispanic names - in a state where 20% of the population is Hispanic. And that just doesn’t look good for the GOP.

If you didn’t know better, you might get suspicious knowing that the majority of Hispanics in Florida are registered Republicans and 90% of African-Americans in Florida are registered Democrats. You might think there was a deliberate effort to leave Hispanics off the list. You might think that even though it is illegal in Florida for convicted felons to vote, the Republicans were willing to turn their heads as long as the felons were voting Republican.

No, no, this was just a data-error.

Well, all I have to say is thank goodness they caught their mistake, before it had a real impact. Wouldn’t want to see an election hinge on a few hundred votes.