Carter says Florida Voting Still Not Fair

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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And in Venezuela there were fair elections???

[gtwreck]

This is coming from the man who never met a dictator he didn't like. :)

He just recently sanctioned the obviously fraudulent elections in Venezuela as fair and we're supposed to believe what he's saying about Flordia?

GTWreck

waahhhh

[syrinx]

the felons can't vote, cry me a river. maybe they should have thought of that before committing a felony?

Re:waahhhh

[b-baggins]

Isn't it interesting that Democrats are whining that felons aren't going to be allowed to vote. Do you think they're upset because the felons will vote Republican?

How does it feel to support a political party that grabs 90% of the felon vote?

Re:Something bothers me..

[bergeron76]

Agreed. Judges, attorneys, and other lawmakers have to recuse themselves when faced with a topic that could be construed as conflict of interest. This essentially means that they admit that they can't make a fair decision based on a potential bias that may exist within them.

I too find it highly disturbing that the people that are going to ultimately decide whom will become the "most powerful man in the world" don't have to obide by similar rules.

I have a feeling that this is a last ditch effort by the right-wing Christians that are starting to realize that there is no god, and science just can't be refuted any longer. They are doing everything in their power to hold on the "Christian Power Base" that has existed for thousands of years; but that is quickly being discovered as fraud.

Any political party that is primarily driven by Religion and the money of the sheep it can fool; does not deserve to control the most powerful country in the free world - particularly a country that founded itself on the separation between Church and State.

I remember America as a great melting-pot of ALL religions, races, and cultures - all equally respected. Since the Christian Right Wing Republicans have been in power trying to push religious bias on the rest of the world, bad things have happened.