[RRE]Democrats.com Launches Affadavit Campaign in Palm Beach County\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nDemocrats.com Launches Affadavit Campaign in Palm Beach County\r\n<\/b><\/p>
\r\n\r\n\r\nBy Phil Agre<\/b><\/p>
\r\n\r\n[From what I'm been hearing they should be collecting affadavits from\r\npeople throughout the state. In fact the Florida Times-Union Web site\r\nhttp:\/\/www.jacksonville.com\/ says the following:<\/p>
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\r\n reporter Veronica Chapin at (904) 359-4161. <\/p>
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\r\n\r\nFor Immediate Release: November 8, 2000
\r\nFor more information: Bob Fertik, bob@democrats.com 212-396-3457
\r\nWeb site: http:\/\/democrats.com\/florida<\/p>
\r\n\r\n\r\nDemocrats.com Launches Affadavit Campaign in Palm Beach County\r\n<\/b>\r\n<\/p>
\r\n\r\nIn response to reports of widespread voter confusion in Florida's\r\nPalm Beach County, Democrats.com has launched a campaign to collect\r\naffadavits from Palm Beach voters. <\/b><\/p>
\r\n\r\nDemocrats.com is an independent news and community Web site for\r\nAmerica's 100 million Democrats. The campaign is called the \"Florida\r\nMargin of Victory Campaign\", and is located at: http:\/\/democrats.com\/florida <\/p>
\r\n\r\nAccording to Democrats.com co-founder Bob Fertik, \"the accuracy of\r\nthe vote count in Florida has been cast into grave doubt by an unusual\r\nsituation in Palm Beach County. Because of a poorly designed - and\r\npossibly illegal - ballot, many Palm Beach voters were misled when\r\nthey voted for President. As a result, some voters who intended to\r\nvote for Al Gore accidentally marked their ballots for Pat Buchanan\r\ninstead.\" <\/p>
\r\n\r\nFertik cited the local voting results reported today, which gave\r\nBuchanan 3,407 votes in Palm Beach County. \"Even though Palm Beach\r\nis smaller than neighboring Broward and Dade counties, Pat Buchanan\r\nreceived five times more votes in Palm Beach than in Broward (789)\r\nor Dade (561). Buchanan's total in Palm Beach was nearly 20% of his\r\nstatewide total, although Palm Beach is only 7% of the state. With a\r\nstatewide Bush lead of approximately 1,800 votes, the votes cast for\r\nPat Buchanan by mistake could represent the margin of victory\", Fertik\r\nsaid. <\/p>
\r\n\r\nMany Palm Beach voters have come forward to complain about the\r\nconfusing ballot. To assist these voters, Democrats.com has created\r\na web page with the affadavit required under Florida law to report\r\nvoting problems. The affadavit, which is addressed to the Palm Beach\r\nCounty Canvassing Board, claims that the returns from that voter's\r\nprecinct are erroneous. It reads: <\/p>
\r\n\r\n\"I hereby protest the canvass of such returns by the Palm Beach County\r\nCanvassing Board, and request that said returns be investigated,\r\nexamined, checked, and corrected by said Canvassing Board. The basis\r\nfor this protest is that the selections appearing on the November 7,\r\n2000 Presidential Election ballot were confusing and, as a result, I\r\nbelieve that I mistakenly cast my vote for Pat Buchanan instead of Al\r\nGore.\" <\/p>
\r\n\r\nThe web page instructs voters to print the form, fill in the blanks,\r\nand fax the signed form to a special fax number. Democrats.com will\r\ndeliver the affadavits to an attorney who will review the affadavits\r\nand possibly prepare a complaint to be filed with the local courts. <\/p>
\r\n\r\n\"The voters of Palm Beach were deprived of their basic constitutional\r\nright to cast a meaningful vote for President of the United States\",\r\nsaid Fertik. \"Since this confusion could determine the outcome of\r\nthe closest Presidential race in 40 years, we believe the voters of\r\nPalm Beach County should be given another opportunity to choose the\r\nPresident they really want\", he concluded. <\/p>
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