Posted on 04/10/2005 5:16:27 PM PDT by LouAvul
BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- Many voters in last year's presidential election were denied access to the polls through trickery and intimidation, former Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry told a voters' group Sunday.
"Last year too many people were denied their right to vote, too many who tried to vote were intimidated," the Massachusetts senator said at an event sponsored by the state League of Women Voters.
"There is no magic wand. No one person is going to stand up and suddenly say it's going to change tomorrow. You have to do that," he said.
Kerry supporters have charged that voting irregularities in largely Democratic areas made it difficult for voters to cast ballots in the November election. A lawsuit in Ohio cited long lines and a shortage of voting machines in predominantly minority neighborhoods, but the Ohio Supreme Court dismissed the suit.
Kerry also cited examples Sunday of how people were duped into not voting.
"Leaflets are handed out saying Democrats vote on Wednesday, Republicans vote on Tuesday. People are told in telephone calls that if you've ever had a parking ticket, you're not allowed to vote," he said.
Kerry has never disputed the outcome of election, saying voting irregularities did not involve enough votes to change the result. Bush won the pivotal state of Ohio by 118,000 votes, giving him enough electoral votes to win re-election.
Bush supporters have denied using voter intimidation tactics to keep people from going to the polls. A call to the Republican National Committee media office was not immediately returned Sunday.
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Is this guy more bitter about losing than Gore?
Boy is this going to be fodder for DUmmie Funnies!
Did he cite the ones in Wisconsin where the sons of a local politician slashed tires of Repub voting vans (or something to that effect)?
It has become the mantra for dims when they lose - wah, wah, make every vote count, we wuz robbed. Sickening.
He is looking for any excuse he can find, other than admitting he wasn't wanted.
"Leaflets are handed out saying Democrats vote on Wednesday, Republicans vote on Tuesday. People are told in telephone calls that if you've ever had a parking ticket, you're not allowed to vote"
I forget - were those from a Leno or Letterman routine?
Think about this. Do we really want idiots like this to have any say in who runs this country? The Founding Fathers were right--only property-owners should be able to vote.
Or the East St. Louis, Illinois dimocrat officials indicted for voter fraud?
He sees the Presidency as something he was entitled to and those darn voters didn't give it to him.
Hey John,
Get over it. You lost and you will always be a loser.
I am a property owner but I can't agree with that. Renters pay taxes too.
Treasonist Kerry, just sign your form 180 so the dimocrats and all of the world lefties will know your real character.
Yeah, I thought of that. How about this: anyone who pays income taxes gets to vote. You should only get to decide what other people have to do with their money if your money is affected as well.
Okay, now, which Party was saying that it would not be 'fair' to have all voters show a photo ID before they could vote to ensure that "one person one vote" could be documented?
And which party doesn't want the "purple finger" for voters so poll watchers can tell who has already voted?
And they STILL want to claim they aren't complaining?
Will it ever end??
NO.
Imagine John F'in Kerry as President of the United States! Probably the only scarier thing would be imagining Al Gore (or the return of Bubba).
I see cars with their Kerry-Edwards stickers and wonder "what kind of nut-job are you?" You wonder if Demos recognize what awful candidates these losers were...
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