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

To: CYBERKEN who wrote (647459)	10/18/2004 5:35:38 PM
From: Mr. Palau	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

And remember, it has to be true, because he saw on TELEVISION.

To: CYBERKEN who wrote (647459)	10/18/2004 5:36:49 PM
From: JBTFD	Respond to of 769670

Yep. Can't let blacks vote. That is called vote fraud in your book. "CYBERKENS primer on liberty" LOL!!!!!!!!!

To: CYBERKEN who wrote (647459)	10/18/2004 7:51:01 PM
From: Mr. Palau	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Thousands of Floridians expected to vote early BY THOMAS FRANK WASHINGTON BUREAU October 18, 2004, 6:10 PM EDT WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Former Oceanside residents Herb and Gladys Simon will do something Tuesday they've never done before: Vote for president in mid-October. The Simons, retirees who live in Del Ray Beach, Fla., are among tens of thousands of Floridians expected to vote for president before Nov. 2 under a voting system adopted after the disputed 2000 election. But even as Florida joins the growing ranks of states that allow early voting, controversy surrounds the state's attempt to avoid something like the 36-day recount that ended with a split Supreme Court ruling. The NAACP sued a county near Orlando recently for establishing only one early voting site, placed far from black voters. Volusia County quickly added three additional sites. But concerns remain. Republican Gov. Jeb Bush has criticized Duval County, which includes Jacksonville, for having only one early voting site for 820,000 people. "There are a number of counties where we should have more early voting locations than we have now," said Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.). And liberal interest groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union charge in court that the state cannot properly recount votes cast on new electronic machines that operate like an automatic bank teller and leave no paper record. More than half of Florida's 9.8 million registered voters live in the 15 counties using such machines. The rest use scanning machines that read a paper ballot. Early voting, which started Monday in Florida, aims to reduce crowds on Election Day and ease voting, particularly for the state's elderly, who may now cast a vote any weekday during business hours. Each county has at least one early voting site. Many have several, which any registered voter in the county may use. Gladys Simon will visit one of Palm Beach County's eight early voting sites Tuesday to vote for Kerry and "avoid the lines" expected on Nov. 2. David Jampel, who runs a limousine service in West Palm Beach, said he was planning to vote after work Monday, but doubts many will join. "Only the people who are news junkies know about it," Jampel said. Twenty-two percent of the votes in Florida's August primary were cast early. Presidential candidates have exhorted people to vote early. Kerry, in three stops in Florida Monday and one on Sunday, joined state Democrats to urge early votes. "It's very important that each one of us vote, and as early as possible," Sen. Bob Graham (D-Fla.) told about 1,000 people seated in the parking lot of a large development Monday. President George W. Bush will campaign in Florida Tuesday. Campaigns like people to vote early so they can target last-minute resources on swaying undecided voters or getting supporters to the polls on Election Day, said Doug Chapin, director of Electionline.org, a nonpartisan clearinghouse of election information. Chapin said 25 states -- not New York -- allow people to vote early for any reason. New Yorkers can vote by absentee ballot, but only if they won't be home on Election Day. Ballots must be requested by Oct. 26 and postmarked by Nov. 1. Early voting opponents say new information could emerge after many people have voted. "That's the risk," said Marion Harrison, an elections clerk in Lake Park, Fla. But this year, he said, "I don't think last-minute events are going to persuade voters." Copyright © 2004, Newsday, Inc.