[patj]

In the Florida recount, Bush's partisans fought vigorously to prevent Al Gore's advocates from excluding disqualified military absentee ballots from the presidential vote recount.

DISQUALIFIED ballots? Lots wrong with that statement. I believe this article is wishful thinking.

[geedee]

DISQUALIFIED ballots? Lots wrong with that statement. I believe this article is wishful thinking.

I agree. The Atlanta Journal Constitution has become a New Yawk Times wannabe. It's often hard to tell the difference between it and Pravda.

[KarlInOhio]

The Dems were trying to get ballots that were not postmarked before the election but received after the election disqualified. Hell, they even tried to get those received before the election disqualified because they weren't postmarked.

That points to some things that need to be fixed in the military's handling of mail. First, every absentee ballot should be postmarked. Second, in lieu of a postmark, perhaps a dated signature from someone (higher officer maybe) should be accepted. Third, a big push should be made to get those in the military to send in absentee ballots earlier (listen to the Dems howl about that one. "Bush orders military to vote for him"). The Dems took aim at a problem in verifying the date a ballot was sent. We need to fix that hole so they can never try to use it again.

Now if we could just fix the thousand and one methods of vote fraud the Dems use every election.