Election 2004: Vote Early and OftenIf it was wrong to vote twice, why didn't they tell me that?
Thursday, October 28, 2004, 01:08 PM
Those were the words of Adell Hardiman, who voted twice in the 2000 election. He was talking to a reporter at the time. Which just goes to show you that you *can* vote early and often but there are risks. Be forewarned!
A West Virginia elector may cast the wrong vote this election; he's a Republican elector who may not vote for Bush.
Today's big story, however, is all about challenges to voter registrstions and voter eligibility. Earlier, in Ohio, a federal judge issued a TRO stopping hearings on thousands of voter registrations that Republicans requested, claiming the registrations were fraudulent.
This ruling applied to six counties. Hearings continued in other counties.
Then, the Ohio attorney general appealed the order.
In a separate move, African American voters in Cincinnati filed suit against Sec. of State Blackwell saying that challenging voters on election day violates the Voting Rights Act, being particularly discriminatory to African American voters.
In Florida, "Gov. Jeb Bush said Wednesday he would have no problem if Republican poll watchers challenge the eligibility of voters before they cast ballots on Election Day, despite growing concern that it could create gridlock and scare away qualified voters.
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The Florida Republican Party has not decided whether to instruct poll watchers to challenge voters Tuesday, spokeswoman Mindy Fletcher said."
But also, "Pozzuoli and GOP officials in Tallahassee said this week that their attorneys will have lists of voters whose registrations appear flawed. They are preparing to try to stop them from voting."
That about wraps up another day of pre-election chaos.
Oh yes, one more thing: VerifiedVoting, which is the site for which I'll be helping collect election-day incident reports, was just Slashdotted. Ouch!
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