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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mephisto who wrote (967)	12/28/2000 4:43:09 PM
From: ThirdEye	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

I don't believe DBT was public until they were acquired by CPS(NYSE). In any case, the original salon.com article indicated that the "list" was distributed to all county officials in Florida by(guess who)Katherine Harris. She urged all counties to use it, and some did so by trying to contact "felons" through the mail. But many addresses were old. Others did not for lack of resources, presumably waiting for them to show up at the polls to be told they could not vote--unless they could prove the list was wrong. By then it was too late because the phone lines were all busy. Seems the gravity of the errors was brought home when it became apparent that the list included a judge in one county and an election official in another. CPS refuses to disclose the sources of their information. Now, regardless of political persuasion, I would think the prospect of, say, having your wages garnished for being a deadbeat parent, or being arrested on an outstanding warrant, or being denied a loan, or a job, based on erroneous information supplied by a company that refuses to take responsibility for its accuracy, would be a significant issue. We'll see.