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[heidi]

I just reread the US Civil Rights Commission's report on the 2000 election in Florida, which you can read here. The start of it reads:

[T]he most dramatic undercount in Florida’s election was the uncast ballots of countless eligible voters who were turned away at the polls or wrongfully purged from voter registration rolls.

While statistical data, reinforced by credible anecdotal evidence, point to widespread disenfranchisement and denial of voting rights, it is impossible to determine the extent of the disenfranchisement or to provide an adequate remedy to the persons whose voices were silenced in this historic election by a pattern and practice of injustice, ineptitude, and inefficiency.

Want to read more? I can't get it to fit here on LJ so follow the link above and read a least Chapter Nine.

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[msbhaven.livejournal.com]

does florida really need 27 electoral votes anyway? didn't we just have a census.. shouldn't they have like i dunno like 3?