Newer PostOlder PostW E D N E S D A Y , O C T O B E R 1 3 , 2 0 0 4The Election Will Not Be Televisedby Michael in New York on 10/13/2004 02:31:00 AMBut the fight over it will be.</p><p> Here's a very good article in theWashington Post about black leaders in Florida fighting to make surethe votes of their community will be counted.</p><p> And anyone who tellsyou the election wasn't stolen can read just this one little tidbit:"Four years ago, ballots cast from black neighborhoods throughoutFlorida were four times as likely to go uncounted as those from whiteneighborhoods.</p><p> Nowhere was the disparity more apparent than inDuval County, where 42 percent of 27,000 ballots thrown out camefrom four heavily Democratic black precincts."That's more than 10,000 votes tossed away and since black voterswent for Gore at more than 90%, that's about 9,000 votes for Gore ina state that went for Bush by 537 votes.</p><p> Add New Comment Logged in as AnonymousUser Logout from DisqusLogged in asusing Facebook Connect (Logout)Type your comment here.</p><p> Unclaimed Register withDISQUSWhy?Use Media â–¼Community Page Comments feed Trackbacks(Trackback URL)blog comments powered by DisqusHome Daily KosObama and Holder, Release the Torture Memos -We've two competing stories for why AG EricHolder has requested another delay in the court-imposed deadline for releasing three key Bush OLCtorture mem...5 minutes agoFiredoglakeConyers Explains Failure to Impeach - The HouseCommittee on the Judiciary Majority Staff haswritten a Final Report to Chairman John Conyers,Jr. last month (March 2009), REINING IN THEIMPERI...42 minutes agoHuffPost PoliticsAllison Kilkenny: Obama, Nukes, and the World -While Obama's pursuit of nuclear disarmamentwould be noble, double standards, favoritism, andfear-mongering are cancerous elements that robthe U.S. of res...47 minutes agoEschatonBig Shitpile - Still growing...59 minutes agoCrooks and LiarsNCAA Basketball Open Thread - Satire from TheOnion.</p><p> Yeah, yer brackets are in the toilet.</p><p> Openthread for the NCAA Championship game, a regularopen thread appears at 8:30 Pacific Ti...1 hour agoJ O H N ' S P H OT O S Show AllA M E R I C A B L O G T V 2009 Stimulus PlanQuestions About The Stimulus Plan? - VoiceYour Opinionwww.StimulusPlan.comLesbian SinglesFind Lesbian Singles Near You.</p><p> Free ToBrowse Singles.</p><p> Search Now!www.ProudSingles.netGive It Up ColemanEnough is Enough.</p><p> Tell Norm Coleman it'stime to Move On.democratsenators.org/minnesota AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: The Ele...http://www.americablog.com/2004/10/election-will-not-be-telev... 1 of 64/6/09 11:01 PM
