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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: H-Man who wrote (9112)	12/22/2000 1:14:06 PM
From: GROUND ZERO™	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10042

I live in Broward County, Florida... there are at least hundreds, if not thousands, here who were turned away from the voting centers in Miami-Dade County even though they were legitimately registered to vote and are legal residents of Florida and are registered to vote in their home district... one of the people that was turned away is a black attorney who has since started a rauckus about getting some kind of Federal investigation started... most all these people are black and say they would have voted for Gore..... when they showed up to vote and they presented their voter's registration card with everything in proper order, their names simply were not on the list to vote at that precinct, nor at any precinct for that matter..... I would not be surprised if some over zealous hard core party liners did do some tampering with the registration lists in those voting districts... it was all over the local news... Best Regards, GZ

To: H-Man who wrote (9112)	12/22/2000 3:01:24 PM
From: Mephisto	Respond to of 10042

"a systematic plan to disenfranchise black voters" remain under investigation, The main problem from what I've read is that people with voter registration cards were not allowed to vote because their names had been erased from the records or their names had never been added to the records. For instance, the Vehicle Licensing Bureau was suppose to add names to the roster, at least in some areas, and they didn't do it. Then, there were minorities and maybe whites as well who were accused of being felons and their names were erased from roster. The point is that many names were erased from the main roster, most but not all were minorities. Too many names were erased from the roster for it to be an accident, in my opinion. How would you feel if you showed your voter registration card and were told you couldn't vote? I have heard black election workers say that they didn't think roadblocks were a problem at least in their area. Jesse's mad though, and I can't blame him. Best Wishes, Mephisto