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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (248911)4/17/2002 9:34:33 PM
From: American Spirit   of 769670
 
Florida - GOP state controller took voters off rolls, anyone with the same names as ex-felons, not necessarily the right people. Addresses didn't need to match. So lots of typical Hispanic and black names got taken off the rolls just because "Leroy Brown" or "Juan Gonzalez" was a former felon. for each "Leroy Brown" ex-felon more than one were taken off with the same name. Multiply that by a thousand.

It was one of the dirty tricks the GOP used to minimize the minority votes. Very clever, huh? Probably cost a few thousand votes. Another one I liked was them having some military votes come in late then complain "how unpatriotic not to count military votes?" - then whoever was voting voted AFTER the election. gg Democrats caved in on that one.

The worst though was the mob of angry white men threatening re-counters in Dade County. That was a true Nazi tactic and really disgusted me. That's when I knew something really stank in Florida's GOP.
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