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Federal Judge Hears Arguments on Ballot in California Recall - ACLU Goes to Court
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| 08/18/03
| Staff Writer
Posted on 08/18/2003 1:34:32 PM PDT by bedolido
Edited on 04/22/2004 12:36:59 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Philosophy; US: California
KEYWORDS: aclu; arguments; ballot; california; court; federal; hears; judge; recall
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posted on
08/18/2003 1:34:33 PM PDT
by
bedolido
To: bedolido
No matter what state he is in Po' old Leeroy cant get his vote to count/ Boy, Its a good thing Leeroy has the ACLU out there stirring the S*** fo him fo free.
To: bedolido
when a federal judge is scheduled to hear arguments by the American Civil Liberties Union (search) that using outdated punch card machines (search) threatens to disenfranchise minorities.So the ACLU is calling minorities dumb? Does that mean the ACLU is now going to sue themselves?
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posted on
08/18/2003 1:40:31 PM PDT
by
Sir Gawain
(Retread Republic - The next poster you agree with could be yourself)
To: bedolido
"
"Democracy in California should not hang by a chad," said ACLU attorney Mark Rosenbaum," I didn't know they were voting on democracy.
To: Sir Gawain
New voting primer:
See Willie. See Willie Vote. Hurray for the Demoncrats!!!!!
To: Sir Gawain
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So the ACLU is calling minorities dumb? Does that mean the ACLU is now going to sue themselves?" When I read the names of the ACLU lawyers it reminds me more of the A.D.L. than anything else. Does ACLU stand for "Anti Christian Litigation Unit"?
To: bedolido
I used punch card voting machines for 30 years in a predominantly white suburb of Seattle and NO ONE, EVER said they were unreliable or that I was "disenfranchised" because I was using them. For partisan political purposes, the ACLU is using a phony issue to try to scuttle the recall election.
To: bedolido
How amazing! Non-minorities can manage the punch card machines, but minorities can't! Thank God for the ACLU - who else would fight for those poor, disenfranchised minorities who can't figure out how to punch a chad?
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posted on
08/18/2003 1:47:49 PM PDT
by
.38sw
To: bedolido
Bustamante, who until now has done almost no public campaigning, plans to unveil his economic plan for the state Tuesday in Sacramento"My plan will consist of three phases:
1)Raise taxes
2) Raise taxes
3) Raise taxes."
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posted on
08/18/2003 1:54:06 PM PDT
by
45Auto
(Big holes are (almost) always better.)
To: bedolido
So how did these poor people vote davis in to office in November? Where was the aclu then? Aren't these the same machines? I am a blond female, help me out here!!
TC
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posted on
08/18/2003 1:57:46 PM PDT
by
I_be_tc
To: bedolido
Hmmm...leftist lawyers conpiring against the People of California.
Nothing to see here.
To: .38sw
Exactly. This is one time I agreed with Justice O'Connor: she asked rhetorically, during oral arguments in Bush v. Gore, why for heaven's sake couldn't the rule simply be, Disqualify ALL non-detached-chad ballots, because those voters didn't follow the clear instructions that require not only a full through-punching but also assuring that the chad is detached!
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posted on
08/18/2003 1:59:58 PM PDT
by
pogo101
To: I_be_tc
"So how did these poor people vote davis in to office in November? Where was the aclu then? Aren't these the same machines?"
Touche. The answer to your question is probably that the ACLU was satisfied with the results of the election, so found no need to fabricate bogus, quasi-racist arguments like they're using now.
To: .38sw
"How amazing! Non-minorities can manage the punch card machines, but minorities can't!"
Also, how about all these State run LOTTO's? I take it that the minorities are also too stupid to punch (or mark) all those complicated lotto cards.
Me thinks the ACLU should sue so that the minorities can get their fair share of LOTTO's!
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posted on
08/18/2003 2:16:34 PM PDT
by
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To: bedolido
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posted on
08/18/2003 2:26:30 PM PDT
by
bedolido
(None of us is as dumb as all of us!)
To: bedolido
"...using outdated punch card machines threatens to disenfranchise minorities."
The ACLU should look into the paper ballots we're using in S. Texas! We actually have to take a pencil and mark an X in the box beside the name of the candidate we want in office! I feel so disenfranchised by the demonrats!;^{and I'm a minority here}
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posted on
08/18/2003 2:35:53 PM PDT
by
SwinneySwitch
(Freedom isn't Free - Support the Troops!!)
To: bedolido
The ACLU filed its lawsuit on Aug. 7 claiming voters in at least six counties would still be using the error-prone ballots if the vote is staged on Oct. 7, as planned. The suit seeks a delay until the next regular election in March 2004. If the ACLU has invented the ultimate stupidity proof ballot, I'm sure everyone would like to see it.
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posted on
08/18/2003 6:03:25 PM PDT
by
lowbridge
(Texas Democrats. Saddam. On the lam together.)
To: bedolido
The ACLU filed its lawsuit on Aug. 7 claiming voters in at least six counties would still be using the error-prone ballots if the vote is staged on Oct. 7, as planned. Any bets on which party contols these counties and the election apparatus in same???
To: bedolido
The ACLU thinks people are too dumb to know how to vote. Disenfranchising them for six months has got to be a major advance for civil liberties!
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posted on
08/18/2003 7:04:28 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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