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Carter says Florida Voting Still Not Fair

Posted by michael on from the anybody-wanna-peanut? dept.

linuxwrangler writes "Ex president Jimmy Carter is claiming that Florida has still not created conditions for a fair election. The Carter Center has monitored over 50 elections worldwide for fairness and says that the absence of uniformity in voting procedures and the lack of a non-partisan election commission sets the stage for a repeat of the 2000 election. That election, overseen by Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris (aka co-chair of the Bush-Cheney state campaign committee), was officially decided by a margin of 537 votes. According to Carter, Florida governor Jeb Bush (aka brother of George W. Bush) has done little to correct the problems found in the 2000 election. In addition, Harris' successor Glenda Hood, (aka an elector for George W. Bush in 2000) recently attempted to disqualify 22,000 African Americans (likely Democrats), but only 61 Hispanics (likely Republicans), as alleged felons."

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  1. what about this? by DAldredge · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Posted on 08/25/2004 6:20:16 AM PDT by moonman

    ABC News (radio) announced that over 46,000 New York City residents were registered to vote in both their home district and also in the state of Florida. The anouncement mentioned that two-thirds (2/3) are registered Democrats.

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    NEW YORK, (UPI) -- Allegations first made by the New York Daily News that residents of New York state may have voted illegally in Florida elections has produced calls for a formal investigation by Florida officials.

    A study of computer records in New York and Florida conducted by the Daily News found 46,000 New York residents illegally registered to vote in both states.

    The paper's investigation also uncovered the fact that as few as 400 and as many as 1,000 of those illegally registered voted twice in at least one election.

    In some cases, people were found to have violated the law by voting twice in as many as seven elections.

    "We expect that people will follow the law," said Florida Department of State spokeswoman Alia Faraj. "If there is an indication that people haven't, then the appropriate agencies must look into this matter." -30-

    909089-89089080-

  2. Re:waahhhh by Oliver+Wendell+Jones · · Score: 4, Interesting

    A convicted felon is banned from owning a handgun for life in this country. That's a second ammendment right.

    Why should voting be treated differently?

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