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Politics : Why is Gore Trying to Steal the Presidency? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Carolyn who wrote (279)	11/13/2000 6:21:26 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 3887

GOP Questions Officials' Party Ties by MARCY GORDON Associated Press Writer WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Republicans charged Monday that the process Palm Beach County is using to recount presidential votes is unfair, chaotic and possibly tainted by the Democratic ties of the county's three elected officials, and its commissioner in particular. GOP observers of the weekend's hand recount saw election staff and canvassing board members mishandling ballots, ''potentially producing countless new votes,'' George W. Bush's campaign said in a letter Monday to Theresa LePore, a board member who is the county supervisor of elections. The presence of chads -- the bits of paper punched out of ballot cards -- on the floor of the room showed that mishandling of ballots rather than the intent of voters was potentially producing new votes, the Republicans said. ''Even the appearance of impropriety calls into question this race,'' said Mark Wallace, the lead Republican observer in Palm Beach County, questioning the officials' Democratic ties. County commissioner Carol Roberts acknowledged giving money to Al Gore's campaign, but said she was not active in it. She said she was even criticized by Democratic Party officials for not getting involved. Roberts also said she took her husband to a campaign event for vice presidential nominee Joseph Lieberman, but that they didn't even meet each other because it was very crowded. ''I was not active in the campaign,'' said Roberts, whose car sports a Gore bumper sticker. County Judge Charles Burton, the canvassing board's chairman, acknowledged publicly for the first time since the recounting began that he is registered to vote as a Democrat. But he said he is not involved in party activities. ''We're trying to be open and fair and disclose everything,'' Burton told Wallace. And staunch Democrat LePore, who designed the so-called ''butterfly'' ballot that critics have assailed as confusing, said she has ''a policy of being nonpartisan.'' LePore has been hit with voter lawsuits and a Democratic state lawmaker has said he plans to organize a petition drive to force her from office. AP-NY-11-13-00 1749EST< newsday.com