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Republicans Plan Voter Challenges in Florida

Posted by michael on from the ounce-of-prevention-worth-a-pound-of-lawsuits dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Greg Palast, the journalist who first reported on the initial Florida voter scandal (Warning large PDF), thinks he's found a new threat for this election, reported here at the BBC. He did uncover some interesting shenanigans last time, is this significant, or is he just fishing this time?"

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  1. List of Names == EVIL! by Rayonic · · Score: 1, Funny

    In other news, a box of paperclips was found in a local Republican campaign office. Regional Democrats agreed that said paperclips could only be used for evil.

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  2. Look on the bright side… by BandwidthHog · · Score: 3, Funny

    If they are so worried about keeping likely Democratic voters from casting ballots, maybe they really don't have root on all the electronic voting machines.

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  3. Outside the box thinking? by ugmoe · · Score: 5, Funny
    When told of a list of 1,886 names and addresses of voters in predominantly black and traditionally Democrat areas of Jacksonville, Florida, the election supervisor said: "The only possible reason why they would keep such a thing is to challenge voters on election day."

    Isn't it possible that someone wanted to send letters them letters asking them to vote for Bush?

  4. "Freedom is on the march!" (in Florida) by Cryofan · · Score: 1, Funny

    And pretty soon the Republican brand of freedom will no doubt be on the march all over the world.

    GOP uber alles!

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  5. Re:Yeah, yeah ... by flyingsquid · · Score: 2, Funny
    PUBLIC SPLIT ON WHETHER BUSH IS A DIVIDER -CNN scrolling banner, 10/15/2004

    If I hear just one more Democrat tell me those LIES about how President Bush creates hostility and anger among the American people, I WILL STRANGLE HIM WITH MY BARE HANDS!!!

  6. Don't worry - Pudgy covered this already. by cyranoVR · · Score: 2, Funny

    Pudge cleared this up back on October 7th: "The Republican party is relying on state parties to hire the lawyers, if necessary." See? The GOP isn't planning anything above the local level. If pudgy says it, it must be true!

    So clearly there's no story here. Move along, folks.