T U E S D A Y , S E P T E M B E R 0 7 , 2 0 0 4Florida Voting Scandalby Michael in New York on 9/07/2004 06:33:00 PMWe're not talking about 2000, we're talking about 2004.First the New York Times wrote an editorial today stating thathundreds if not thousands of Florida voters were denied the right tovote during the recent primaries because they didn't have photo IDs-- even though Florida law states voters needn't have suchidentification (not unusual for elderly voters, the poor and especiallypoor minorities who don't have cars).</p><p> It wasn't just a mistake by afew bad poll workers.</p><p> Osceola County printed up sample ballotswrongly claiming photo IDs were required.Then, the St.</p><p> Pete Times had a story about groups trying to registervoters and/or change people's party affiliations.</p><p> Some people told"volunteers" they were already registered but were informed theyhad to do so again.</p><p> Their party affiliation was changed from Democratto independent and they were unable to vote in the primary.</p><p> Otherincompetent nonprofit groups like ACORN held onto people's formsuntil after the deadline for the primaries and then apologized.</p><p> Theseactions affected THOUSANDS more.And of course there's been little or no followup by the national mediaabout Bob Herbert's NYT editorial about the state police being used tointimidate elderly black voters in Orlando.</p><p> Nor any serious falloutfrom the state official overseeing the election compiling faulty voterrolls that just happened to disenfranchise thousands of eligible votersbut keep ineligible Hispanic felons (who tend to vote Republican) onthe rolls.Why isn't widespread funny business in the state where our lastPresidential election was embroiled in controversy front page newsuntil this mess gets cleared up? The liberal news media certainly isn'tliving up to its name.</p><p> Gay Personals DatingFind Gay Singles Near You.</p><p> Free To BrowseSingles.</p><p> Search Now!www.ProusSingles.netCivil Rights AttorneysSpringfield civil rights attorneys.</p><p> Find localbusinesses on DexKnows.www.DexKnows.com2009 Stimulus PlanQuestions About The Stimulus Plan? - VoiceYour OpinionStimulusPlan.com Add New Comment Logged in as AnonymousUser Logout from DisqusLogged in asusing Facebook Connect (Logout)Type your comment here.</p><p> HuffPost PoliticsDr.</p><p> Peter Breggin: Cautionary Observations for MyFellow Idealists - As progressive idealists, youseem nearer than ever to achieving many of yourgoals for America.</p><p> At the least, you have made asharp turn...20 minutes agoDaily KosLincoln Joins McConnell Filibuster of Employee FreeChoice - One of the good things about theEmployee Free Choice debate thus far has beenthe way that working people have had a chance tofind out who their friend...30 minutes agoEschatonMonday Night Thread - I wonder if Peter will dosomething stupid on Heroes tonight.1 hour agoFiredoglakeFDL Movie Night Welcomes John Holowach: High:The True Tale of American Marijuana - Last month,Attorney General Eric Holder said the federalgovernment would stop raiding marijuanadistributors in states where it is legal.</p><p> But lastweek H...1 hour agoCrooks and LiarsRepublicans Continue to Show Flexibility onPrinciples When Democrats Are Involved -Remember how Republicans insisted that apresident deserves to have the advisers hechooses? When it's a Democrat in office - not somuch.</p><p> Scott Horton i...1 hour agoJ O H N ' S P H OT O S Media Contact DatabaseBuild & Manage Journalist Lists w/On-Demand PR Software.</p><p> Free Demo!www.vocus.com/mediadatabasePolitical Email CampaignsEmail is How Campaigning is Done.</p><p> AndLyrisHQ is the Tool for the JobLyris.com/SoftwareGay Personals DatingFind Gay Singles Near You.</p><p> Free To BrowseSingles.</p><p> Search Now!www.ProusSingles.net AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: Florid...http://www.americablog.com/2004/09/florida-voting-scandal.html 1 of 64/6/09 9:28 PM
