Re: Mechanical Failure to Count Votes | The Military Disenfranchised? No proof provided by plaintiff
Hi jt,
The involvement of the U.S. Supreme Court is essential to provide for the legitimacy of the eventual winner of the contest in Florida. The question, as expressed by David Boies, is one of asserting the right of the Florida Supreme Court to interpret vague and seemingly contradictory components of the Florida election law. This, of course, is what courts are called upon to do on a daily basis.
The "due process" argument of the Republicans is a curious one to me, in view of the substantial body of law that the intent of the voter is the paramount concern of the three you have described. The argument, made by the GOP (that the Republican voter in Osceola County or the State of Arkanasas is being denied due process) is highly dubious. And why? Because of the high probability that the voting machines in 4 counties in eastern Florida will be statistically proven to be defective. Making the GOP's claims curious at best, disingenuous at worst and certainly bound to raise some severe scrutiny by the U.S. Supremes.
There are a couple of aspects of the fact case that I would provide greater detail on for you should you have the interest. They relate to the following:
First: The failure of mechanical devices to correctly measure the voter's intent in 4 populous counties in eastern Florida, where the rate of failure of punch-card vote measuring equipment exceeded optical equipment (used in the rest of the state) rate of failure by a minimum of 5 times the error rate.
Second: The GOP has withdrawn its complaint on the undercount of absentee military ballots in the Leon County Circuit Court, Judge L. Ralph Smith presiding. Proximate cause, as far as I can tell, is the utter failure of the GOP to make a case. For instance, one of the defendants was the Pasco County Canvassing Board, represented by attorney Ronald Labaskey. He stated in the open hearings before Judge Smith that he, Labaskey, felt that Pasco County ought to be dismissed from the GOP complaint because, of the 30 disputed ballots, 8 were rejected because the voter was not registered, and 21 ballots were rejected because there was no record that the voter had requested an absentee ballot. Leaving a total of one vote in Pasco County that possibly applied to the grand disenfranchisement of the military that the GOP claims. Leaving the argument about the disenfranchisement of the military hanging on yet another one of those whoppers the GOP continues to dissemble with like a stuck pig. Hoping that the idiocy of its followers exceeds the potential of fair-minded observers to see through their lies.
Comments welcomed!
Best, Ray |
