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To: i-node who wrote (207156)	10/17/2004 4:18:21 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1594127

Report: Jeb Bush ignored felon list advice Last Updated: October 17, 2004, 07:18:07 AM PDT TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida Gov. Jeb Bush ignored advice to throw out a flawed felon voter list before it went out to county election offices despite warnings from state officials, according to a published report Saturday. In a May 4 e-mail obtained by the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Florida Department of Law Enforcement computer expert Jeff Long told his boss that a Department of State computer expert had told him "that yesterday they recommended to the Gov that they 'pull the plug'" on the voter database. The e-mail said state election officials "weren't comfortable with the felon matching program they've got," but added, "The Gov rejected their suggestion to pull the plug, so they're 'going live' with it this weekend." Long, who was responsible for giving elections officials his department's felon database, confirmed the contents of the e-mail Friday to the Herald-Tribune. He said he didn't remember the specifics, but that Paul Craft, the Department of State's top computer expert, had told him about the meeting with Bush. A software program matched data on felons with voter registration rolls to create the list of 48,000 names. Secretary of State Glenda Hood junked the database in July after acknowledging that 2,500 ex-felons on the list had had their voting rights restored. Most were Democrats, and many were black. Hispanics, who often vote Republican in Florida, were almost entirely absent from the list due to a technical error. Bush's spokeswoman, Jill Bratina, denied allegations that the governor ignored warnings about the list. "It's also irrelevant because the list isn't being used," Bratina said Saturday. Bush told the Herald-Tribune that Craft didn't call him, and he denied that any meeting took place May 3 with Craft or other election officials. "Once it became clear after talking to the secretary of state that there were problems with the list (in July), that's when we decided to end it," Bush said. Craft hung up on a Herald-Tribune reporter seeking comment Friday. A message left for a Paul Craft in Tallahassee was not immediately returned Saturday. U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, the Florida chairman of Democratic Sen. John Kerry's presidential campaign, said the report shows the extent Bush will go to ensure his brother's re-election. "Jeb Bush and the Bush campaign need to come clean about their involvement in this sad spectacle," Meek said. Florida is one of few states that does not automatically restore voting rights to convicted felons when they complete their sentences. Purging felons from voter rolls has been a hot-button issue since the 2000 presidential election, when many citizens discovered at the polls they weren't allowed to vote. Election officials have said that anyone who feels they have been inadvertently removed from the voter rolls on Nov. 2 will be allowed to use a provisional ballot that will be examined later to determine eligibility. modbee.com

To: i-node who wrote (207156)	10/18/2004 2:54:05 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1594127

Go ahead, give me the evidence that convinced you Kerry has made meaningful, substantive, fundamental changes on issues throughout the campaign. Did you get this link, courtesy Tim & Others: I didn't look at that link, but I watched one where he says soundbytes (usually 6-20 words) on some TV programs and then appears to say soundbytes (again, 6-20 words) on some other TV programs that appears to contradict the first soundbyte. These are partisan clips designed to make someone's opponent look bad. I think you can do that same thing with any candidate that has been somewhere on TV once a week for a few years. I've seen the same thing with Bush saying "I don't think America's job is to go around the world telling other countries what is right and wrong" followed by a clip of him saying "Country A is wrong to do this". I don't use those partisan constructions to make my decisions about the candidates. But I do find them entertaining! Go ahead, if Kerry is such a major flip flopper, tell me when he has ever made a substantial change in policy view such as "I support a women's right to choose" and then said "I oppose a women's right to choose". And I completely understand the idea that he supported authorizing Bush to go to war with Saddam, and then saying Bush has made a mess of things in Iraq. That's my view as well.