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Blanco postpones New Orleans elections(indefinitely)
Times Picayune ^ | 12/12/2005

Posted on 12/12/2005 11:21:33 AM PST by Neville72

Blanco postpones New Orleans elections 12/12/2005, 12:07 p.m. CT The Associated Press

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. Kathleen Blanco postponed the New Orleans mayoral election indefinitely on Monday, setting up a legal battle with voters who filed a lawsuit seeking to ensure the election is held as scheduled in February.

Blanco's executive order cites the recommendation of Secretary of State Al Ater, the state's top elections officials, who has said the city is incapable of holding elections in February because Hurricane Katrina caused so much damage to polling sites and voting machines.

(Excerpt) Read more at nola.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: blanco; corruption; electionfraud; neworleans
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To: wideawake
Seems that Louisiana is nothing more than a southern New Jersey.
61 posted on 12/12/2005 12:27:11 PM PST by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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To: John Semmens
"He (Nagin) was among the first to blame President Bush."

That's too funny.

62 posted on 12/12/2005 12:27:47 PM PST by sportutegrl (People who say, "All I know is . . ." really mean, "All I want you to focus on is . . .")
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To: BenLurkin
No, no, no.

In NJ we hold elections more frequently that the law requires not less.

We even throw in an illegal Lautenberg from time to time just to make it more sporting.

63 posted on 12/12/2005 12:29:25 PM PST by wideawake
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To: Neville72
Fine, postpone the election. But don't postpone the trial and life-in-prison sentencing for Ray Nagin for 400 counts of manslaughter.


64 posted on 12/12/2005 12:30:11 PM PST by montag813
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To: VegasVic

Since early October, Louisiana Secretary of State Al Ater, a Democrat,
http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache:-ycOgleGuOUJ:www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/2400/+al+ater++republican+or+democrat&hl=en

Al Ater (Democrat), First Deputy Secretary of State, will serve until a special election is held. Governor Kathleen Blanco called the special election to fill McKeithen's unexpired term for 30 September 2006
http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache:SowzbkG8P5UJ:www.thegreenpapers.com/G05/LA.phtml+al+ater+republican&hl=en


65 posted on 12/12/2005 12:30:50 PM PST by deport (Merry Christmas; Feliz Navidad; Buon Natale; Joyeux Noël to one and all and Happy Holidays to.)
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To: VegasVic

Ater is a Democrat. Always has been and always will be.

Check out this recent article.


Features > November 16, 2005
Voter Disenfranchisement by Attrition
With friends like FEMA, who needs Jim Crow?
By Benjamin Greenberg

New Orleans residents displaced by Katrina, like Mary Elizabeth Johnson, above, may find it difficult to vote in upcoming elections.


When Hurricane Katrina came ashore in New Orleans, it destroyed half the city’s voting precincts and scattered 300,000 of the city’s residents, most of them black, across the country. With citywide elections still scheduled in February and March for 20 key public offices—including mayor, criminal sheriff, civil sheriff and all city council members—restoring the city’s democratic capability might seem an urgent task to some, but not to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

All evacuees who apply for assistance must tell FEMA who they are, where they lived before they were displaced and where they live now.

Since early October, Louisiana Secretary of State Al Ater, a Democrat,

has been dogging the agency for the names and temporary addresses of evacuees, so he can send them information about how to maintain their right to vote in Louisiana.

Because many evacuees are far from New Orleans and cannot make a special trip home for the elections, their only way to vote will be by absentee ballot. But, citing privacy concerns, FEMA stonewalled Ater for weeks. They finally reached an agreement on November 8, but it is an open question if the compromise will lead to fair elections.

Ater has also requested $750,000 from FEMA for a Nationwide Voter Outreach and Education Campaign.

“Given the inability of the displaced voters of Louisiana to receive local election information via their local news, some kind of extraordinary outreach should be made to educate those voters,” says David J. Becker, election consultant and former senior trial attorney for the voting section of the U.S. Department of Justice. “Otherwise their voting rights may be yet another victim of Hurricane Katrina.”

Many evacuees have moved several times since they first applied for assistance, and they may never receive voter information unless they learn by word of mouth or through the media to contact Ater’s office for ballots. Consequently, Ater is proposing a publicity campaign that would include direct mail, radio and TV public service announcements, satellite media tours and travel for himself and staff members to areas with high concentrations of evacuees.

Why should FEMA pay for this? The Stafford Act, which gives FEMA its role in coordinating relief efforts, provides that FEMA may make contributions towards the repair of damaged public facilities and provide “technical and advisory assistance” for “the performance of essential community services.”

Stonewalling


66 posted on 12/12/2005 12:31:55 PM PST by Neville72 (uist)
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To: IMRight

A judge could easily decide that "as soon as practicable" means "on time".



Or the judge may go along with the SOS and Govs actions.... we'll see.


67 posted on 12/12/2005 12:33:39 PM PST by deport (Merry Christmas; Feliz Navidad; Buon Natale; Joyeux Noël to one and all and Happy Holidays to.)
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To: VegasVic
See for yourself..... http://www.nass.org/sos/2004roster.html

That's an error. Ater is a Democrat.

http://www.politics1.com/la.htm

68 posted on 12/12/2005 12:34:19 PM PST by IMRight
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To: danamco

It's ridiculous!


69 posted on 12/12/2005 12:35:13 PM PST by ncpatriot
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To: Neville72

If we can't hold elections in New Orleans when they can be held in Iraq, then clearly NOLA is in worse shape.

US OUT OF NOLA NOW!!!!


70 posted on 12/12/2005 12:36:47 PM PST by You Dirty Rats (I Love Free Republic!)
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To: wideawake
In NJ we hold elections more frequently that the law requires not less. We even throw in an illegal Lautenberg from time to time just to make it more sporting.

NJ -- Where the Dead not only vote -- they can become Senator if your Torch goes out!!

71 posted on 12/12/2005 12:40:01 PM PST by You Dirty Rats (I Love Free Republic!)
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To: Bommer
Yeah but I'll bet they got their slot machines up and working!

And they are planning Mardi Gras a few weeks after the elections were scheduled, too! Ridiculus!

72 posted on 12/12/2005 12:42:21 PM PST by doc30 (Democrats are to morals what and Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
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To: deport
Damn! Well, we can still recall her.
73 posted on 12/12/2005 1:23:23 PM PST by StAnDeliver
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To: Neville72


Two Views On Voting Rights


74 posted on 12/12/2005 1:31:03 PM PST by rvoitier ("Hug your babies tight"--Luanne Platter)
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To: Bommer

And don't forget they're getting their act together enough to have Mardi Gras!


75 posted on 12/12/2005 2:29:38 PM PST by wouldntbprudent
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To: PA Engineer

Yeah, baby!!!


76 posted on 12/12/2005 2:30:24 PM PST by wouldntbprudent
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To: Neville72; Howlin; Liz
Mayor for life?


77 posted on 12/12/2005 2:49:57 PM PST by Libloather (God bless America - and the blue states, too...)
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To: Neville72

The nation held a presidential election in the midst of a civil war, fer cryin' out loud.


78 posted on 12/12/2005 2:51:16 PM PST by GretchenM (Hooked on porn and hating it? Visit http://www.theophostic.com .)
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To: Libloather

It isn't for Nagin IMO. He endorsed Jindal instead of her and that is part of the problem preKatrina. Blanko holds a grudge. If anything this is something cooked up by Miz Mary because the ONLY way she stays in the senate is for all of those voters to return.


79 posted on 12/12/2005 5:03:38 PM PST by CajunConservative (Don't Blame Me, I Voted for Jindal.)
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To: dead

"Did she do this before or after her afternoon nap?"

After her nap, but not until she picked out the right "Screw the Voter" outfit!


80 posted on 12/12/2005 5:07:57 PM PST by SAMS (Nobody loves a soldier until the enemy is at the gate; Army Wife & Marine Mom)
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