M O N D A Y , A U G U S T 1 6 , 2 0 0 4And The Intimidation Continues...by Michael in New York on 8/16/2004 03:14:00 AMBelow is a story about the FBI targeting apparently law-abidingcitizens who had the temerity to take part in political protests.</p><p> Nowcomes this depressing column by Bob Herbert about voterintimidation in Florida.</p><p> Apparently, state police officers have gone tothe homes of elderly black voters (some of whom just happen toorganize "get out the vote" drives in their Orlando community) toquestion them about allegations of voter fraud during the Orlandomayoral election in March.</p><p> Dozens of people were questioned about acase that officials refused to provide details on, except to say itinvolved absentee ballots. (The very ballots people in Florida maywant to use because of concerns about the new computerizedsystems.) Here's one amusing/disturbing exchange:"I asked if all the people interrogated were black.'Well, mainly it was a black neighborhood we were lookingat - yes,' he said.</p><p> He also said, 'Most of them were elderly.'When I asked why, he said, 'That's just the people weselected out of a random sample to interview.'"They randomly selected elderly black people? Right.</p><p> Just like theBushes randomly left Hispanic felons on eligible voter rolls whileeliminating blacks.According to a lawyer who represents the president of the OrlandoLeague of Voters, this "investigation" is working."People who have voted by absentee ballot for years are refusing toallow campaign workers to come to their homes.</p><p> And volunteers whohave participated for years in assisting people, particularly the elderlyor handicapped, are scared and don't want to risk a criminalinvestigation."Why Florida voters aren't demonstrating in the streets over suspectcomputerized voting, fishy manipulation of voter rolls and now this isbeyond me.</p><p> Gay Personals DatingFind Gay Singles Near You.</p><p> Free To BrowseSingles.</p><p> Search Now!www.ProusSingles.netCivil Rights AttorneysFind local civil rights attorneys in theSpringfield area.www.DexKnows.comWill Your Vote Count?Get the latest state-by-state news aboutvoting issues & concerns.www.PewTrusts.org Add New Comment Logged in as AnonymousUser Logout from Disqus Daily KosGoons at Cincinnati "tea party" bullied, intimidatedmedia - WKRC-TV, the CBS affiliate in Cincinnati,reports that in March one of their reporters wasforced to leave a so-called "tea party" protest aftera small ...11 minutes agoThink ProgressSenate Should Ignore Nutty Glenn Beck ConspiracyTheories And Appoint Harold Koh - Our guestblogger is Henry Fernandez, a Senior Fellow at theCenter For American Progress Action Fund.</p><p> AsThinkProgress recently noted, a small number ofc...15 minutes agoHuffPost PoliticsZP Heller: Why Dr.</p><p> King Would Break the Silenceon Afghanistan - We must invest in our owneconomic recovery and in fixing Afghanistan'shumanitarian crisis.19 minutes agoFiredoglakeOperation Stonewall Stalls Johnsen and Koh -While we wait for the last ballot count in theFranken-Coleman contest, I thought I'd tie inOperation Stonewall to the Republicans' bizarreand seemingly ...21 minutes agoPaul KrugmanOne more time - Brad DeLong is, rightly, horrifiedat the great Ricardian equivalencemisunderstanding.</p><p> It's one thing to have anargument about whether consumers are perf...41 minutes agoJ O H N ' S P H OT O S Show AllHow to make electricity ?Don't pay for electricity, when youcan make cheap electricity athome.MakingHomeEnergy.comCriminal InvestigatorAttend a criminal investigationcollege & earn a degree online.www.APUS.edu/CriminalJusticeWill Your Vote Count?Get the latest state-by-state newsabout voting issues & concerns.www.PewTrusts.orgAffordable Auto InsuranceFast Lifetime Renewable Auto Ins.Save Hundreds w/ The HartfordNow!AARP.TheHartford.com AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: And Th...http://www.americablog.com/2004/08/and-intimidation-continu... 1 of 64/6/09 8:14 PM
