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To: Don Pueblo who wrote (111650)	12/12/2000 6:01:52 AM
From: Zoltan!	Respond to of 769670

Dems are still trying to keep the guys in uniform from voting: December 12, 2000 Daschle blocks bill on military voting By Rowan Scarborough THE WASHINGTON TIMES Visit our Election 2000 page for daily election news and analysis Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle is blocking passage of a bill that would authorize polling places on domestic military installations and ease the obstacles some service members face in absentee balloting. The Clinton administration also opposes the bill, which the House approved in a 297-114 bipartisan vote Oct. 12. Many Republicans accuse Democrats of stopping the bill as part of a larger strategy to suppress the military vote, just as the party did in Florida in challenging hundreds of overseas military ballots. Senate aides say Mr. Daschle, South Dakota Democrat, placed a "hold" on the bill, a maneuver that would kill the measure if the Senate does not vote before the current session expires at year's end. "They're shutting down military absentee ballots in Florida and putting a hold that could have increased the total number of people who could have voted in this election," said Rep. Bill Thomas, California Republican and the bill's chief sponsor. "It would have been a lot nicer if Daschle had cooperated and it would have moved through both houses. . . . It's a little embarrassing. They are still stopping this thing. Some people can't be shamed into anything." A spokesman for Mr. Daschle did not return a phone message yesterday. Meanwhile, a federal appeals court in Atlanta yesterday upheld a lower court's decision to reject the effort by 13 Florida Democratic voters to nullify 2,400 absentee ballots, mostly from military personnel. Democrats hoped a favorable court decision would tip the presidential race to Vice President Al Gore. George W. Bush won 65 percent of overseas ballots opened after the Nov. 7 presidential election in Florida.... washtimes.com That doesn't augur well for Dem bipartisanship.