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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: Dan B. who wrote (98203)12/2/2000 11:23:12 AM
From: jhild  Read Replies (1) of 769667
 
I apologize for the imprecision of my statement. Indeed no ballots were apparently involved, but the applications for these ballots were involved. It was these applications that were tendered to Republican party operatives so that they could be filled out by them. Filled out, I might add, after the absentee voter applicant had already signed their application.

Improper? I think probably so. Impartial? Democrats were not called, their applications were set aside. Fair? That is something the courts are being asked to resolve.

As I have said elsewhere, I think these votes should count, but then so do I think all votes should be counted throughout the state. Perhaps reprimands and fines would be in order for these kinds of egregious partisan actions on the part of Martin and Seminole county election personnel. This would be a good remedy as far as I am concerned.

But, it is my understanding that this kind of thing might be treated differently under Florida law, possibly invalidating all ballots that benefited from this type of partisan preference.

As to the Martin County treatment:
But Gary Farmer, one of the lawyers who filed the suit, said the Martin County situation was more serious because elections officials allowed the GOP to actually remove the request forms from the office. The action allowed Republicans "unfettered and unsupervised access to these official public records," the lawsuit said.

washingtonpost.com
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