Bush vs. Gore - explained

[jillboston]

Dec 14, 2015 10:43:08 GMT -5 WOT?* said:

Dec 13, 2015 22:41:56 GMT -5 jillboston said:

Obama haters can say what they wish. But he won both elections by landslides. Cam Kerry (John Kerry's brother) was a partner at my firm and started the attorney voter protection project after 2000. I've been stationed in NH as a voter protection attorney the last 3 Presidential elections. It's a long day but I will never stand by to see 2000 again.

That was DH's role in the election as well. We were in Ohio and it was ugly, watching all the antics Blackwell as Secretary of State was pulling in his attempts to disenfranchise Democrat voters (primarily Cleveland and Toledo, as the two Dem strongholds left in the state). Simple things like changing the requirements of the ballot size and paper weight in the weeks before the elections and then giving waivers to some but not other counties. He was dragged to court a few times in the months riding up to the elections. Fun times.

Washington has mail-in ballots. So much easier to deal with. They mail you the ballot, you mail it back or drop it off at a ballot box in a community location near you.

Absolutely disgusting.

My oldest sis lives in WA state - voting can be made safe and easy. Unfortunately a lot of Republicans - particularly the ones in power do NOT want that.

[aurora]

Dec 13, 2015 7:41:34 GMT -5 Lucy Honeychurch said:

The Vanity Fair piece on this was amazing.
www.vanityfair.com/news/2004/10/florida-election-2000

It took me 2 days and many sessions to read this, but I finally finished and appreciate you posting it. I had forgotten just how many voter suppression activities Florida undertook.