Florida Vote Officials to Talk Felon List

[AmyStrange]

Florida Vote Officials to Talk Felon List
Sun Jun 6, 5:37 PM ET
By RACHEL LA CORTE, Associated Press Writer

FROM: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040606/ap_on_el_st_lo/florida_voter_roll&e=2
MIAMI - Many of Florida's local elections supervisors are concerned about the accuracy of a list of 47,000 possible felons to be purged from voter rolls, and they want the state's help in ensuring that no voters are disenfranchised in November.

The summer conference of elections supervisors from Florida's 67 counties opens Monday in Key West. The list is expected to be a hot topic, in part because CNN recently filed a lawsuit seeking access to it.

"We know the outcome of using inaccurate lists," said Ion Sanchez, Leon County supervisor of elections. "The outcome is that legal voters are disenfranchised."

The issue is particularly sensitive because in the 2000 presidential election George W. Bush was declared the winner by just 537 votes after five weeks of recounts and challenges in Florida.

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[Raster]

1. While all the election supervisors are sipping Daquiris in Key West...

...I hope they take a moment to reflect on the TENS OF THOUSANDS of good, decent, legal citizens who were disenfranchised and not allowed to exercise their right to vote.

I hope that enough of the supervisors will have the moral clarity to realize that the 2000 (s)election was a complete and total farce and that the WRONG MAN now occupies 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, BECAUSE THEY DID NOT DO THEIR JOB!!!

I further hope that the election supervisors in the state of Florida realize that they were willing accomplices to the knife in Lady Liberty's back. Democracy is not just for a chosen few. Democracy is not just for the rich and powerful.

And finally, I hope the election supervisors realize that the eyes of the ENTIRE WORLD will be watching, and history will long remember their actions or lack thereof.