Posted on 10/08/2002 4:28:14 PM PDT by 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."
Bungled by whom!? Well Terry? Bungled by whom indeed?
It was Democratic voters that supposedly were unable to figure out a simple ballot in 2000.
It was a Democratic Primary that was fudged on Sept. 10th of this year.
Your damn right this one should be 'monitored'. Your party hacks can't seem to get their sheep constituents to follow a simple swindle. Or did they?
What a tool.
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