Democrats Plan Extensive Voter Monitoring

Yahoo.com (Reuters) ^ | Oct. 8, 2002

[Alissa]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Party leaders said Tuesday they will launch an extensive effort to promote and monitor voters' rights on Election Day and will put "thousands" of lawyers in place to respond to voters' complaints.

After the difficulties in Florida in the 2000 election and during the Sept. 10 primary, Democrats said they will pay special attention to the Sunshine State.

"We are not going to stand on the sidelines while a third Florida election is bungled," said Democratic Party Chairman Terry McAuliffe, who exhibited a new toll-free call line that will allow voters to register problems and have their calls logged with local election officials and party workers.

After the bitter Florida recount battle in the 2000 presidential election, the state spent more than $30 million installing electronic voting and replacing punch-card systems.

But it still experienced widespread problems in September with new voting machines and voters who were turned away from late opening or early closing polling stations.

McAuliffe said the party will have monitors at problem polling sites. He said "thousands" of lawyers would be on notice to respond to complaints so "no one is intimidated into foregoing their rights."

[rwfromkansas]

Could we move this to breaking news......we need to get this heavy visibility so the GOP gets motivated to have its own warriors of poll watchers in place.

[cyncooper]

After the difficulties in Florida in the 2000 election and during the Sept. 10 primary, Democrats said they will pay special attention to the Sunshine State.

"We are not going to stand on the sidelines while a third Florida election is bungled," said Democratic Party Chairman Terry McAuliffe, who exhibited a new toll-free call line that will allow voters to register problems and have their calls logged with local election officials and party workers.

I am beginning to dread election day.

It sounds like the 'rats are planning all kinds of trouble and then are going to try to point the finger at the republicans.

[Republic If You Can Keep It]

they will launch an extensive effort to promote and monitor voters' rights on Election Day...

Right........just because someone's dead doesn't mean they don't have voters' rights.

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

Democrats Plan Extensive Voter Monitoring

Election day at Bernies.......

watch out for the dead Democrats.

If the Democrats can't get their dead to vote........

they're dead!!

[Dog]

Who is thinking my these DNC moves??

People will be outraged to know .....they will be monitored at polling places by DNC lawyers..

[TheRedSoxWinThePennant]

we need to be montoring the ecg readouts on the people coming into vote because I have a feeling some will be flatline

[ladyinred]

"We are not going to stand on the sidelines while a third Florida election is bungled," said Democratic Party Chairman Terry McAuliffe, who exhibited a new toll-free call line that will allow voters to register problems and have their calls logged with local election officials.

Here we go again. We knew after the 2000 election this was going to be the RATS new way to get in office. God help us, these people are overthrowing our form of government before our very eyes.

[cyncooper]

They are going to get hammered over this ........dumb move.

Oh, I hope you're right!

I was just wringing my hands a bit worrying they would make a big mess on election day.

Maybe they will just look dumb and desperate?

[ladyinred]

Are you sure this headline doesn't read: "Democrat-bastards Planning Massive Voter Fraud."?

BINGO!

[Bill Davis FR]

Democrats Plan Extensive Ballotbox Stuffing...

[Alissa]

I don't bother posting under breaking news anymore. 9 times out of 10 times the monitor deletes it. I've practically begged for a definition, but none ever comes! Breaking news makes no sense to me as to what is legit and what isn't!

[VOA]

He said "thousands" of lawyers would be on notice to respond to complaints so
"no one is intimidated into foregoing their rights."

Hmmm...maybe time to tell Republican voters to complain mightily at these
polling places that Republican lawyers are not also present to ensure
constitutional "equal treatment".

The only violence done on voters in Florida is the sloppiness of Democratic
voting officials in Democratic districts...as well as Democratic voters with too
much age-related violence in their neurons to allow them to understand how to follow
and complete the instructions on a touch-screen voting device.

[Dog]

This is TOTALLY STUPID move.....think of the PR.

When the public(that votes) know that a lawyer will be monitoring them outside their polling place.

This could be turned on the DNC bigtime.

[Dog Gone]

Call your local party and volunteer to be a poll watcher. Your very presence will intimidate those who want to cheat, and aggressively challenging those who wish to vote with no ID will stop fraud.

Every Freeper should do this.

[ladyinred]

Ping a ling! Don't miss this one!

[twntaipan]

If the Republicans had announced this type of initiative the media would have already been howling about voter intimidation. And the liberal courts would have agreed.

As it stands, the media is spinning this as a wonderful thing, and the conservative courts (where ever those may be), will not intervene.

The fix is in.

[EllaMinnow]

In all seriousness, I hope a few big busloads of Republican lawyers come down, too - to pour a little goose sauce on the dem ganders.

[RightWhale]

Today is election day in Alaska. Local offices and bond questions. It's great to have the real elections separate from state and federal elections.

[concerned about politics]

Lawyers will be handing out class action law suit applications before anyone even gets to their booth!
I sure hope Republicans will be watching as well. Someone has to keep an eye out for the walking dead.

[Dog]

Hugh should see what the DNC plans now...