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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."
For my first point, it isn't Jeb Bush's job to fix issues with Florida's voting mechanisms. It is the legislature that controls all of this.
Second - and more to the point - President Carter is a totally partisan observer here, and I discount ANYTHING he says on the subject due to that fact.
Lastly, this report asserts through inuendo that Katherine Harris and Jeb Bush committed some underhanded nonsense during the election. From my point of view - Mrs. Harris followed the letter of the law. It was the State Supreme court that kept on making it up as it went along!
Have you compiled your kernel today??
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
the felons can't vote, cry me a river. maybe they should have thought of that before committing a felony?
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur.
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.
The Democrats are taking part in the same type of racial stereotyping that they accuse Republicans of. They are assuming that these black people are likely Democrats and that the latino people are likely Republicans soley because of the color of their skin.
Did they take the time to look at the voter registrations?
LK
"Hi. This is my friend, Jack Shit, and you don't know him." - Lord Kano
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.
Don't think that a small group of dedicated individuals can't change the world. It's the only thing that ever has.