Outcast Ballots
Tuesday, November 2, 2004 at 02:50AM
TheSpook
Voting irregularities are beginning to pile up across the country, and unlike four years ago, this time Democrats are less likely to take it lying down. There are already 10,000 lawyers trained and ready to go on the Democrat side. Early voting began in Florida last week, and in three big counties--including the cities of Tampa, Orlando, and Fort Lauderdale--the network connection used to verify voter identifications broke down. In Jacksonville, where in 2000 the presidential votes of some 27,000 predominantly poor black Democrats were thrown out--many because they'd marked more than one candidate on a ballot caterpillaring across several pages--the county elections supervisor, citing ill health, resigned. Leading up to this election, he faced accusations that he had failed to make early voting equally available to blacks by not opening enough polling places. [more]

Michael Moore Enlists 1,200 Videographers To Monitor Elections
The Guardian of London is reporting filmmaker Michael Moore has announced plans to send 1,200 videographers to polling stations in Florida and Ohio tomorrow. Moore said, "I'm putting those who intend to suppress the vote on notice: voter intimidation and suppression will not be tolerated."
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