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Thu Jul 22, 2010 at 08:03:59 AM EDT
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It's been awhile since the fraud case against former Florida GOP chairman, Jim Greer, came to light. He is indicted for grand theft, money laundering and running an organized scheme to defraud that could land him in jail for 75 years.
He pled not guilty, but it's clear that Florida's Republican voters don't care. Well, that's not exactly true, I can't find any conservatives or independents who know anything about it.
I asked one conservative if they thought the RPOF AMEX scandal would influence their vote.
I got a WTF response.
Got it.
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Fri Sep 26, 2008 at 11:32:31 AM EDT
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In 24 hours, Progress Florida collected nearly 2,000 signatures of Floridians demanding Governor Crist and Secretary of State Kurt Browning ensure a fair Election on November 4 by suspending the infamous "No Match, No Vote" law and putting a stop to other dirty tricks.
If you haven't already, sign this important petition and then send it to your friends. Crist and Browning need to know Floridians are mad as hell about any attempt to disenfranchise voters. Let's keep the momentum going!
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Sat Sep 13, 2008 at 19:47:53 PM EDT
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On September 4, 2008, the Miami Dade Elections Department and the State of Florida in Tallahassee sent numerous emails between each other seeking a loop hole to place the incumbent Harvey Ruvin at the top of the ballot. The email trend started early on September 4 and ended late afternoon the same day. Before I paid the filing fee on the last day to qualify, I was told by the Miami Dade Elections Department that I would be at the top of the ballot because candidates were placed on the ballot by last name in order from A to Z (alphabetical). I took that into consideration along with being told that in County races in the General Election no party races are listed just the candidates names. I had several decisions to make on June 20, 2008, at 11:55am, based on the number of people that had joined the race: (1.) Do I want to stay on as a democrat and fight with Ruvin and Nelson in the primary; (2.) Switch to NPA and bypass the primary and join two other NPA candidates; or (3.) Drop out of the race because it just was too crowded. The filing fee to remain as a democrat was $11-K, while the fee for NPA was $7-K. So I asked a few questions and received answers from the Elections Department. I also reviewed the law and Miami Dade Charter for other answers. Two answers I obtained from the Miami Dade Elections Department confirmed what I had known: (1.) Based on the candidates in the race, if I ended up in the General election, my name would be first on the ballot in alphabetical order. (2.) In county races on the General election ballot (not the primary) only the names of the candidates (not the party) appear. Given those two confirmed answers, I wrote the $7-K check and filed as a NPA candidate. On Friday, I am assuming by mistake, I received a copy of a Sept 4, 2008, email which clearly shows Miami and Tallahassee seeking a loop hole to change the rules in the middle of the game. The Emails began early and ended late evening on Sept 4, 2008. After checking the ballot that is on the elections web site I am now last (4th) on the ballot (go figure) and Harvey Ruvin is listed first. I checked the 2004 and 2006 ballots and all are listed in County races from A to Z and candidates have always been listed that way. The email communications between the Elections Department in Miami and Tallahassee are simply amazing. They cannot point me to any law or Miami Dade charter that allows them to change the rules in the middle of the game. www.mcgillis4clerk.com Darrin E. McGillis Paid for and approved by Darrin McGillis candidate for Clerk of the Circuit Court, Miami Florida
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Fri Sep 05, 2008 at 12:34:20 PM EDT
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Cross-posted at Project Vote's blog, Voting Matters.
Weekly Voting Rights News Update
By Erin Ferns
While many see voting as an implicit right in a representative democracy, decisions in America about who can vote and how are actually controlled by the states and vary greatly from state-to-state, even from county-to-county.
Misinformation and misinterpretation of each state's particular laws—not only by voters, but also by state officials—has the potential to influence the outcome of the election, a problem seen recently as two of the country’s most disenfranchised groups – youth and former felons –have encountered procedural roadblocks to electoral participation.
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Tue Jul 01, 2008 at 15:07:56 PM EDT
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CUBA: DETERMINES THE CHARACTER FACTOR
FROM http://my.barackobama.com/page...
"The Character Factor: U.S. Policy toward Cuba determines elections nation wide."
The following is a list of articles related to Cuba policies, politics and Barack Obama.
Being pro or against the embargo on Cuba seems to be one question that reveals
a politicians character.
If a politician is for a Cuba policy that has failed for 47 years, they should NOT be in political office.
Please take a few moments and review some of the articles.
Our commitment is to abolish the 47 year old failed U.S. policies against Cuba.
By Luis Cuba Moro
Table of content as of June 28th - at this blog:
http://my.barackobama.com/page...
Cuba: A world that works for everyone, with no one left out. Jun 27th, 2008 at 10:14 am EDT
Cuba: Barack Obama is a mulatto; does that make him a white man? - Jun 26th, 2008 at 4:58 am EDT
CUBA: The European Union's lift sanctions against Cuba. - Jun 25th, 2008 at 7:52 pm EDT
Cuba: Cuba approves, makes available lung cancer vaccine. - Jun 25th, 2008 at 12:47 pm EDT
Cuba: Obama has a 16 point lead in a South Florida poll - Jun 24th, 2008 at 8:17 am EDT
Cuba: There is no U.S. Embargo on Cuba.- Jun 24th, 2008 at 8:13 am EDT
Cuba: I'm sorry. - Jun 24th, 2008 at 6:45 am EDT
Cuba: If Cuba was a white (Och!) Country, there would be no embargo. Jun 21st, 2008 at 1:01 pm EDT
Cuba: 1,400 free photos of the Real Cuba today. - Jun 20th, 2008 at 2:03 pm EDT
http://www.EveryThingCuba.com
Cuba: The Death of Political Insanity: The Case Of Cuba. Jun 20th, 2008 at 1:37 pm EDT
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Thu May 03, 2007 at 16:03:10 PM EDT
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"Florida lawmakers, hoping to give their state even more influence in U.S. politics, on Thursday moved up the state's presidential primary to the last Tuesday in January."Moving the primary, in which parties select their presidential candidates through open votes, would put Florida ahead of about a dozen states that have presidential primaries scheduled for February 5.
The rescheduling to earlier dates could wrap up the nominating races early and favor well-known, well-financed candidates. ...
The state's primary will now be preceded only by the New Hampshire primary and caucuses in Iowa and Nevada. "Florida moves 2008 presidential primary to January".
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Wed Apr 04, 2007 at 10:17:34 AM EDT
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("Strictly party time" - promoted by Florida Politics)
Cross-posted at Daily Kos
By now, many of you may have heard that Florida Republican Governor Charlie Christ proposed a budget that would include monies to purchase new voting machines with a paper trail to replace the touchscreens used in 15 of the states most populous counties. His fellow Republicans in the Florida Legislature have rejected the idea.
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Tue Feb 06, 2007 at 18:48:24 PM EST
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Dear Floridians,
Last week, Republican Governor Charlie Crist and Democratic U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler joined together to urge the Legislature to require all voting machines in Florida to have a paper trail by 2008.
This was a groundbreaking step, and we applaud the Governor and Congressman for working together across party lines to deal with this problem. But there are still some major problems to deal with from the last election.
In 2006, Florida voters were not guaranteed a paper trail, and we've already seen huge problems. Most notably in the Congressional District #13 election, 18,000 electronically-cast votes went missing in Sarasota County. Now, unfortunately, I have some new, disturbing information, and I need you to take action.
It has come to my attention that the office of the Secretary of State appears to have no record of the votes cast by almost half a million Floridians.
Yes, half a million. According to the Secretary of State's official statewide voter file, the votes of 494,928 Floridians have disappeared. Though these votes seem to have been counted in November, now they are gone.
The state doesn't even have a record of the vote cast by Governor Crist's own father. Is YOUR vote missing too?
Our dynamic online communications team has put together a website where you can enter your information to determine whether or not your vote is missing.
Please visit: http://www.fladems.c... today. If your vote is missing, you need to know about it. The website will direct you on how you can help increase awareness about this problem.
While this new information is alarming, it's unfortunately not surprising for the many of us who lived through the 2000 election. I support the Crist-Wexler proposal, and I have hope that the Governor's newly appointed Secretary of State, Kurt Browning, will move quickly to implement the necessary changes. We're long over due for an election process in which we can all have faith.
Please forward this message to your friends and family in Florida so they can take action, too.
Thank you,
Congresswoman Karen Thurman
Chair, Florida Democratic Party
http://www.fladems.c...
P. S. - You can download FDP's Missing Vote Analysis at http://www.fladems.c...
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Thu Feb 01, 2007 at 23:55:17 PM EST
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First of all, let me say I am not an expert in the matter of Congressional Redistricting. I am not a lawyer or state representative. Nevertheless, from what I have witnessed over the last two cycles of redistricting, I believe that this is one of the most critical issues facing the state. We have seen over the last two Presidential elections an almost even split in votes between the Democrats, Gore and Kerry, and the Republican, George W. Bush. Yet over the same time period, we have also had an imbalance, both in Congress and in our state legislature, which is well out of proportion to the population as a whole in our state. In the state House, Senate and U.S. House the Republicans have maintained a 2 to 1 ratio over the Democrats.
The actual laws governing redistricting are fairly simple. The US Constitution requires states to reapportion Congressional seats after each census, and the states then must determine appropriate boundaries for each Representative. In addition the states must do the same with their own legislative districts. The laws governing the redistricting process are left largely to the states. The section of the Florida Constitution which addresses redistricting is shown below:
http://www.leg.state...
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Thu Dec 07, 2006 at 20:03:32 PM EST
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3000-6000 cast for governor
only about 100 counted
investigation is needed
dr piotr blass
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Mon Oct 30, 2006 at 11:29:45 AM EST
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Oh Crap.
Seems to me this needs to be looked further into.
Here's the contact info for the Miami Herald:
LTEs: HeraldEd@MiamiHerald.com
FAX: 305-376-8950
MAIL: The Readers' Forum The Miami Herald One Herald Plaza Miami, Fl 33132-1693
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Fri Oct 20, 2006 at 17:16:05 PM EDT
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The biggest fear I have is election fraud. The GOP election chiefs have not given our county a good reputation, and I have spoken before about Mike Ertel’s antics. But worst of all, under Ertel, Seminole now has those dreaded touchcreen machines with no verifiable paper trail. And since he has no problem letting his poll workers take them home, considering how easy they are to hack, then we all have something to be concerned about.
Contact the Seminole Democrats and volunteer to be a pollwatcher at webmaster@seminoledemocrats.com. The more vigilance we have, the less likely something bad will happen.
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Fri Sep 08, 2006 at 21:52:19 PM EDT
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(From the excellent Be-Think Blog - promoted by Florida Politics)
“Nothing will ever change; it never does” said the twenty-something, quiet, caring man. Brian was resigned to the fact that elections did not matter. Initially, when I asked if he had voted, he stated, “I missed my opportunity.” I inquired, “Did you forget to register?” Though I am new to this state I know in many regions there is a window of opportunity to register for the general election even if you did not do this in time to vote in the primaries. I offered, “There may be time to register before the general election.”
Many miss the primary ballot, it seems this is national tradition. Turnout hasn't cracked 40% in any state. In most, primary participation was in the 20%-30% range. Idaho, Illinois, North Carolina, Oregon, Virginia, and West Virginia posted their lowest primary turnouts in at least eight years.
So far, the year's rock-bottom has come in Virginia, which did not have a 2002 primary. The June 13 Democratic Senate primary drew national attention and was open to all Virginians, regardless of their party. Fewer than 4% of more than 4.5 million eligible voters showed up to nominate former Navy Secretary Jim Webb to face Senator George Allen in November.
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Sat Aug 19, 2006 at 17:42:57 PM EDT
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A dKos recommended diary: "Voting Machines Sitting in FL Living Rooms": "Apparently, since Early Voting starts 'early in the morning' Monday, the (Republican) Supervisor of Elections [in Duval] decided it was best to send the voting machines home for the weekend with the poll workers."
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Tue Aug 15, 2006 at 15:24:37 PM EDT
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From Salon.com:
Will the fiasco-prone Sunshine State be the next ... Florida? That's the question that has haunted observers of Florida's election system since the debacle of 2000. Six years later, Florida is still Florida, only more so. Florida still has a Republican governor, Legislature, and secretary of state, and still doesn't have voter-verified paper trails for its vulnerable voting machines. Hundreds of thousands of voters remain at serious risk of being robbed of the vote.
This year, however, it also has a package of new voting rules, like restrictions on voter registration campaigns. The fines for violations are now so stiff that they forced the League of Women Voters to suspend its voter drives in the state for the first time in nearly 70 years. Each misplaced blank registration form means a potential penalty of $5,000. Just 16 misplaced blank forms, even if destroyed by a hurricane, could cost the Florida League $80,000 -- its entire annual state budget.
Another codicil in the new state voting law essentially endorses the thuggery of 2000. It permits roving bands of political partisans -- the same sort of goons who banged on the glass doors at the Miami election board six years ago to halt the recount -- to descend on inner-city precincts to challenge any voter's right to cast a vote on Election Day. The challenged voter will then be forced to use what reformers call a "placebo ballot" -- a provisional ballot that makes the voter feel like he voted, except the vote will count only if he comes back later to offer written proof that he was entitled to vote. "The use of challenges is likely to disenfranchise a lot of people," observes Lida Rodriquez-Taseff, the chair of the Miami-Dade Election Reform Coalition.
Florida deserves better. Voting a straight Democratic ticket will do the trick.
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Thu Feb 16, 2006 at 13:31:10 PM EST
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From GrassRootsMiami.com:
We received great news today in receiving the bill number for the non-partisan voter guide. HB 1095, sponsored by Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall is under the title 'Ballot Pamphlets.'
Feel free to start writing as many House members as you can to urge support of this bill, so we can know what we are voting on by the next major elections!
Look at your Voter registration card for your Florida State House distict number then look up the Representatives online. Write or call a few of them and urge them to support HB 1095!
The Ballot Pamphlet will help educate the voters in every election with a non-partisan overview of the issues and the candidates. We've got to clean up Florida's elections and improve the system, Ballot Pamphlets are a great step towards that goal!
(Originally posted on TakeBack18.com)
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Fri Jan 20, 2006 at 11:44:28 AM EST
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Back in December, I wrote a post regarding the Leon County Democrat Party electing a new Chairman. Now, the person who was defeated in that election, Jon Ausman, is contesting the outcome, which if I am correct, was 66-59 not in his favor.
He is alleging various infractions of the Dem Party parliamentary points, even going so far as to say that it was "stolen", and invoking memories of the 2000 election. The Democrats continue to shoot themselves in the foot when they harp on these small things. But, I am thinking its not a handgun that they are shooting themselves, but a semi-automatic machine gun.
Its also nice to see that they are STILL fighting the 2000 election. Is it just me, but I could have swore that my calendar shows that this is 2006. So long as Democrats continue to fight over an election that is long past decided, the voting public that does not pay as close attention to the political process as some of us do, will think that the Democrats are being petty (which they are), and need to JUST GET OVER IT.
Oh, as for Ausman, he stated at the time that he would not fight the results of the Leon County Dem Party election, but now he is doing exactly that. Its safe to say that he is being two-faced and is not a man of his word. Imagine my shock. Rick Minor, the winner of that election, wants to move on and continue to build the Party, which should be applauded by Democrats. But, with these stupid interruptions in that process, he is finding that difficult to do.
Another reason to be proud to be a Democrat. (sarcasm mode turned off.)
http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060120/NEWS01/601200326/1010
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