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Politics : Formerly About Applied Materials
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To: willcousa who wrote (39641)11/14/2000 5:12:00 PM
From: mitch-c  Read Replies (1) of 70976
 
OT- politics Can you cite a single charge of fraud ever brought against a republican?

Yes, actually. It's also relevant to the current absentee situation in Florida. It happened two years ago in a county in South Texas, near Kingsville Naval Air Station.

Some Democrats who ran for (but lost) some county seats - Sheriff, Commissioner, etc. - sued to have absentee voters (mostly military and mostly Republican) disqualified from voting in local races. Many Navy pilots are trained at Kingsville NAS and depart for overseas assignments from there. They maintain their legal residence in Texas, as evidenced by their driver's licenses, vehicle registration, and - yes - voter registration.

The losing candidates charged that such registrations were fraudulent, since those service members did not actually occupy homes in the (otherwise heavily Democratic) county.

The challenge was denied, since citizens in the military retain their rights as citizens - especially the right to vote at their homes of record.

(Texas, Florida, and several other states are favorites for military residence because of exemptions from or absence of state income taxes.)

Hey ... you asked if the charges had been *made* - not if they'd *stuck*. <g>
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