Posted on 02/28/2006 8:23:27 PM PST by LdSentinal
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Officials have identified three more felons voting in a disputed state Senate election in Memphis.
Officials said today the three push the total number of improper votes to 12, one shy of the 13-vote margin of victory for Democratic state Senator Ophelia Ford.
The election victory placed Ford in the state Senate seat her brother John Ford held for three decades before resigning in May under a federal corruption indictment.
Republican challenger Terry Roland and his supporters have said as many as 150 other votes were improper.
The full Senate voted last month to void the election, but a federal judge interrupted that process and said the Senate could proceed only if it has consistent standards for dismissing election results.
The Ford family of Memphis made their fortune by bilking black families with overcharges for funerals(expensive caskets, extended periods between death and burial etc.)
It was only natural that they would gravitate toward politics.
Harold Jr. is the new darling of the northeastern liberal jet-set. But, he's just as phony as his Uncle John and his Aunt Ophelia.
Little Harold is bad, bad news.
harold ford, jr. senate campaign slogan:
"vote for me because i'm the only member of my family that's not corrupt."
I am so disgusted with Tennessee Republicans.
First of all, who screwed up the placement of the Diebold electronic voting machines with "conservative" software like we had in Ohio.
and Secondly, in a situation like this, why can't we try to change the election rules ex post facto and let the courts decide the winner (in our favor of course).
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