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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: haqihana who wrote (98182)	12/2/2000 1:46:14 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

That too....I must get some rest. Good night.....

To: haqihana who wrote (98182)	12/2/2000 3:13:00 AM
From: PartyTime	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

You realize you and Neocon are waxing like Democrats--LOL! Anyway, back to some important issues! This is the most appalling highlight from the below Associated Press reporting: >>>Leach did his work in a warehouse housing 18 computers linked to the office's voter registration database. Election Supervisor Sandra Goard had testified that Leach couldn't have access to the database since the computers required a password. But election workers testified in the depositions that two workers were trained on the computers while Leach was working in the office, and the computers were left on while Leach was alone in the room. Under questioning, Leach denied trying to access the database.<<< SOURCE: DECEMBER 01, 13:57 EST Democrats File Martin County Suit By JEFFREY McMURRAY Associated Press Writer DECEMBER 01, 13:57 EST Democrats File Martin County Suit By JEFFREY McMURRAY Associated Press Writer TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Democratic voters filed a lawsuit Friday against Martin County's canvassing board in an attempt to throw out 9,773 absentee ballots, most of which were cast for George W. Bush. If a judge rules to disqualify all of the ballots, Bush could lose 6,294 votes, while Democrat Al Gore could lose 3,479. If the state then accepts the new totals, it could help the vice president overcome Bush's 537-vote statewide lead. In a case similar to one filed Nov. 17 against Seminole County, the voters claim Republican Party officials were allowed to alter ballot request forms by adding voter identification numbers to applications that were left blank. 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. Supervisor of Elections Peggy Robbins, a Republican, said she doesn't believe her staff violated any law or acted improperly. She said the only applications the Republicans were allowed to complete were ones the party had provided its members. Farmer fears the Martin County case might interfere with the Seminole case, set for trial Wednesday in Leon County Circuit Court. The Martin case was assigned there too, but a computer assigned a different judge. Farmer said he hopes Judge Nikki Clark, who is presiding over the Seminole case, won't try to combine the two. ``We certainly see some common issues between our case and the Seminole County case, but we absolutely do not want to get in the way of their trial date,'' he said. Farmer said the plaintiffs would consider a number of options — even possibly dropping the lawsuit — if the cases were linked. Gerald Richman, an attorney for Democrats in the Seminole case, agreed. ``The Republicans will probably do everything possible to slow this case down,'' Richman said. ``We want this case tried on the merits and don't want any side shows or distractions.'' New information about the Seminole County case was revealed in depositions taken late Thursday. The elections supervisor's office initially mailed out letters to voters who had incomplete ballot applications asking them to add the proper information. Richman said administrative assistant Charlene Pike testified in the deposition that the office stopped the practice in early October. That was around the time Florida GOP staffer Michael Leach arrived at the office to fill out the missing numbers of the GOP applications. The elections workers claimed they didn't have time to do so anymore. Workers in the elections office said in the depositions that Leach spent anywhere from 15 days to three weeks in the office, at least five days longer than previously believed. Leach testified he filled out more than 2,000 ballot applications, about half of what was previously believed, including 50 ballot requests for Democrats for whom he had voter registration numbers. Leach did his work in a warehouse housing 18 computers linked to the office's voter registration database. Election Supervisor Sandra Goard had testified that Leach couldn't have access to the database since the computers required a password. But election workers testified in the depositions that two workers were trained on the computers while Leach was working in the office, and the computers were left on while Leach was alone in the room. Under questioning, Leach denied trying to access the database."