Posted on 10/28/2006 5:12:00 AM PDT by PurpleMountains
My area of Florida has a wonderful early voting system in place, and I was able to vote the other day. I had to present my driver’s license, thus preventing voter fraud so prevalent in some areas, and I voted using a touch-screen computerized machine. The early voting system meant no lines, and the whole process took about 5-10 minutes – even with several lengthy amendments to consider. I was very pleased that Florida has a constitutional amendment on the ballot that should end using eminent domain to take private property to turn over to other private owners – a horrendous practice now legal since the US Supreme Court rendered its Kelo v. New London decision. I certainly voted for it, and I hope it passes.
My thoughts turned to the following points as I voted Republican across the board: if Congress or the president were Democrat,
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