Get a Box... Put a lock on it... Copy the ballots and distribute pencils...
This is SOOOoooo blatant, and we should be SCREAMING about it!
Hmmmmm. What would Jimmy Carter think of this?
New Orleans Election Postponed
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, the entire city council and a host of other local elected officials will remain in office beyond the four-year terms scheduled to end May 1, after Gov. Kathleen Blanco agreed Friday to postpone the city’s Feb. 4 municipal elections.
Gov. Blanco said she made the move for two reasons. One of those reasons is to ensure continuity of leadership. “Ray Nagin’s role has been exemplary,” said Blanco. “He was among the first to blame President Bush. New Orleans cannot afford to lose his courageous finger-pointing ability while the issue of blame is still alive.”
Blanco declined to provide much detail on the second reason. Speculation centers around the need to update voter registration lists to add the names of those killed or missing since the flood. Blanco did characterize this step as vital if the election process is to be carried out in the normal manner.
http://www.azconservative.org/Semmens1.htm
"...the city is incapable of holding elections in February because Hurricane Katrina caused so much damage to polling sites and voting machines."
Not to mention all of the missing files with the dead voter info!
What a d__chebag. Just trying to hold on to power a little longer.
One problem. From the article, "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." Al Ater is a Republican.
You know it's a dirty move and smacks of corruption, but in some ways I'm happy. I don't think I could stand to hear the years long rants from the "Reverend" Jackson and his cronies about how the poor homeless black folk of NO were disenfranchised.
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!!!!
Two Views On Voting Rights
The nation held a presidential election in the midst of a civil war, fer cryin' out loud.