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Arty Guy · Seaman Joined: 20 Aug 2004 Posts: 190

In the story pasted in below Kerry accuses Republicans of leafleting minority neighborhoods telling them to vote on Wednesday.
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Kerry cites voter intimidation examples
Sunday, April 10, 2005 Posted: 7:37 PM EDT (2337 GMT)

BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- Many voters in last year's presidential election were denied access to the polls through trickery and intimidation, former Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry told a voters' group Sunday.

"Last year too many people were denied their right to vote, too many who tried to vote were intimidated," the Massachusetts senator said at an event sponsored by the state League of Women Voters.

"There is no magic wand. No one person is going to stand up and suddenly say it's going to change tomorrow. You have to do that," he said.

Kerry supporters have charged that voting irregularities in largely Democratic areas made it difficult for voters to cast ballots in the November election. A lawsuit in Ohio cited long lines and a shortage of voting machines in predominantly minority neighborhoods, but the Ohio Supreme Court dismissed the suit.

Kerry also cited examples Sunday of how people were duped into not voting.

"Leaflets are handed out saying Democrats vote on Wednesday, Republicans vote on Tuesday. People are told in telephone calls that if you've ever had a parking ticket, you're not allowed to vote," he said.

Kerry has never disputed the outcome of election, saying voting irregularities did not involve enough votes to change the result. Bush won the pivotal state of Ohio by 118,000 votes, giving him enough electoral votes to win re-election.

Bush supporters have denied using voter intimidation tactics to keep people from going to the polls. A call to the Republican National Committee media office was not immediately returned Sunday.

Earlier this year, Kerry joined Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, a New York Democrat, in filing voting reform legislation. The Count Every Vote Act would create a federal holiday for voting, require paper receipts for votes and authorize $500 million to help states upgrade voting systems and equipment.

Congress' investigative agency, the Government Accountability Office, has also begun looking into the handling of provisional ballots and malfunctions of voting machines. The study could lead to changes in the election process.

Kerry, using crutches as he recovers from knee surgery, suggested the United States should spend as much time promoting democracy at home as it does abroad in countries like Iraq.

"We need to go about the business of making our own democracy in America work better," he said.

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Now the best part is that this idea was touted as a joke in the past. Apparently Kerry doesn't understand his own party's humor. Go to the OpinionJournal link below and scroll down.

http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110006548

RogerRabbit · Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 1:00 am Post subject:

If some people are that stupid then they do not deserve to have a vote.
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GM Strong · Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 1:28 am Post subject:

People that stupid are the ones Kerry wants to vote and needed. Same for the the Clintonoids. They are the the ones stupid enough to vote for him and they need more of them.
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kate · Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 1:58 am Post subject:

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ocsparky101 · Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 4:35 pm Post subject:

Now if the Democrats were supposed to vote on Wednesday don't you think, maybe an assumption on my part though, if you went to the polls on Wednesday and they were closed you might think you were duped and return on thursday. Or just maybe those Democrats that went to Vote on Wednesday just did not think it important enough to go back on Thursday and give Kerry a vote.

homesteader · PO3 Joined: 17 Sep 2004 Posts: 294 Location: wisconsin

All this election reform talk is heartening. Everywhere the election process is cleaned up, the Democrats lose ground. The more they insist on real accountablility, the harder it gets for dead people to vote. I watch with ammusement their sanctimoneous efforts as they ultimately hurt themselves.

True accountablility in the voting in Wisconsin would very likely have resulted in it being a red state. I'm hopeing the Dems will work hard enough to make it so next time.