Broward County's SOE needs to be fired. Check out the Broward FR threads. Alcee Hastings actually dares Jeb to fire Ms. Oliphant, the Broward SOE who put together that GOP-smear instruction video and "supervised" last Tuesday's primary. Ms. Oliphant's African American. Rep. Hastings and Ms. Oliphant along with the DNC and their crime arm..the Fla. NAACP believe that they can once again cry "RACISM!" Florida's black Republicans are getting really tired of the lies from our racist Dem. neighbors.
Freeper comments from summer's thread: Urgent letter from Janet Reno Election Day Voting Problems (w/ voter complaint form (^:).
Did none of these people participate in the process of learning how to use the new voting machines? In my Florida county we had publicity about the new voting machines almost a year ago. Then the election officials took them to public places such as libraries, where people could check them out and ask questions. Plus, we had a one issue vote in March on a school levy (which passed unfortunately!), so people had the opportunity to try out the machines in a trial run so to speak.
So what happened? Did other counties not do the publicity and the education? Or were the voters not interested until Election Day?
14 posted on 9/12/02 9:20 PM Eastern by sunshine state
I am completely on Reno's side . I think there should be numerous court appeals and lawsuits and re-counts and let Broward County and Dade and Palm vote several more times until they can get it right. Janet Reno as AG always ruled this was the American way and it is only fair to give her the same privileges. Neighboring states should also lend Florida buses to haul the illegal Haitians and Jessee Jackson's folks to the numerous precincts without undue waiting to vote at each stop. Only in this way can Janet be rewarded as the minority becomes the majority as she always insisted. It is her right and just due.
32 posted on 9/12/02 9:42 PM Eastern by chemainus
Other know it's a lie. Mike Griffin, an editor of the Orlando Sentinel, just said on Hardball that So FL Election Supervisors are the "greatest threat to democracy" - and as Chris Matthews tried to pin it all on Gov Bush, Griffin said: "No, the blame lies with the DEM ELECTION SUPERVISORS." So, those who know what is going on already know who won this fight (Gov Bush, for spending $30 million to upgrade the FL voting system). And, who are the LOSERS (the supervisors who didn't teach the 70 year old volunteer poll workers how to turn on the machines in Miami and Lauderdale).
38 posted on 9/12/02 9:54 PM Eastern by summer 46 posted on 9/12/02 10:01 PM Eastern by summer My Dear Ms. Reno, My favorite story from Miami today was the old gomer who didn't ask for a demo- insisted on struggling through without help. Said he got confused on the screen to "review his votes" erased everything, and and then left without casting a vote, because he was too tired to keep going. 61 posted on 9/12/02 6:48 PM Eastern by Goldwater Girl This is just simply too hard to believe. I am a Palm Beach County voter and the "butterfly ballot" was a bunch of BS and here we go again! 69 posted on 9/12/02 6:52 PM Eastern by Seeking the truth The FL Democrats can't run an election!-- and they want to run the state? 97 posted on 9/12/02 7:25 PM Eastern by lonestar
And why does this only happen in Dem counties in FL, where elections are run by Dem Election Supervisors, and the voters are mostly Dem? Gov Bush was right to ask what they heck is going on with Dem voters in FL...
If I am so stupid that I couldn't figure out how to vote, how in the hell do you think I am smart enough to fill out your form?
Yours truly
Chad (Dimples) Ballot
37 posted on 9/12/02 6:30 PM Eastern by lawdude
When asked why he didn't ask for help- he said his ballot was supposed to be SECRET- so he wouldn't show it to anybody.
Better NO vote than violate the secrecy.....only in Miami.