Comment by Shark

Fri, 23 Jul 2004 12:00:54 EDT

Big Al, glad to see you've taken your run for the Senate seriously, ie. become like every other major politician in the USA: fiddling while Rome burns. When can we expect your next Important Violin Sonata?

Comment by Shark

Fri, 23 Jul 2004 11:56:36 EDT

As a strict Libertarian, I don't believe the government has any business holding elections or counting votes.

Comment by JR

Fri, 23 Jul 2004 10:46:34 EDT

Al Barger: If we are to say that we have a democracy and elections, then I have a right to vote for whomever I want - not just whatever two or three choices the state picks out for me. Isn't it the Democratic Party that is determining your options, rather than the state? It's their club, so I guess they get to dictate who may represent them in the general election. Aren't they free to associate with whomever they please? And even if you are a member of the club, that doesn't mean they have to follow the same voting rules within the club as apply to the citizenry as a whole. You are still free to join a different Party if you don't like the rules in this one. I mean really, it's not like you were trying to vote in the best interests of the Democratic Party, were you?

Comment by Hal Pawluk

Fri, 23 Jul 2004 10:20:55 EDT

A lot of people complained about being "disenfranchised" in Florida during the 2000 election. Most of that appears to have been simply fictitious - people were not being turned away from the polls. Can you point me at sources where "that appears to have been fictitious"? It still seems real to me, and Florida and ChoicePoint have settled with the NAACP. NAACP and National Civil Rights Groups File Florida Voting Rights Lawsuit to Eliminate Unfair Voting Practices Starting on Election Day, the NAACP national and Florida offices, as well as many other civil rights organizations, received calls from black voters and others who had been turned away from the polls or had trouble casting their ballots. Civil rights lawyers were immediately sent to Florida to interview witnesses and on November 11, 2000, the NAACP held a hearing in Miami to highlight the extent of the violations of state and federal law. This lawsuit seeks fundamental change to the voting practices in Florida to make them fair and equal for all Floridians. Specifically, it asks that election practices in Florida, which result in the denial of the right of Florida citizens to vote on account of race, color or any other discriminatory manner be stopped immediately and that fair and non-discriminatory procedures be put into place by the state of Florida. January 10, 2002 NAACP and Florida Voters Reach Agreement with ChoicePoint� in Voting Rights Lawsuit WASHINGTON, D.C. / ALPHARETTA, Ga. – July 2, 2002 – Civil rights plaintiffs have reached an agreement with ChoicePoint (NYSE: CPS) over work performed by Database Technologies (DBT) for the State of Florida in the 2000 elections. The NAACP and Florida voters filed a federal lawsuit - NAACP v. Harris - challenging the conduct of state and local officials in the 2000 Florida elections, including DBT, because of the company's work as a contractor hired by the state. As part of the settlement, ChoicePoint will donate $75,000 to the NAACP, which will be used to fund past and future efforts to further the electoral opportunities of Florida's minority voters. Under the agreement, the company also will re-process the 1999 and 2000 "exceptions lists" of Florida voters who may have been ineligible to vote because of possible felony criminal convictions or because of possibly being registered to vote in more than one county. The reprocessing will be conducted pursuant to terms proposed by the plaintiffs and subject to court approval. July 2, 2002

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