Number of Federal Poll Watchers to Triple

yardwork

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Thu Oct-28-04 02:45 PM
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Number of Federal Poll Watchers to Triple

Number of Federal Poll Watchers to Triple

By CURT ANDERSON, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - More than 1,000 federal poll watchers will be sent to monitor elections in 25 states to assure compliance with voting laws and prevent discrimination or disenfranchisement, the Justice Department announced Thursday.

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Personnel from the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division will be on hand in eight Florida counties, including Broward, Palm Beach and Dade counties where much of the 2000 election controversy took place.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041028/ap_on_el_pr/justice_election_monitors

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yardwork

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Thu Oct-28-04 02:45 PM
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1. Are the federal poll watchers there to protect rights?

Or stifle rights?

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Carolab

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Thu Oct-28-04 03:20 PM
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5. The usual "reverse statement"

"prevent disenfranchisement" = allege fraud

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dogtag

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Thu Oct-28-04 02:47 PM
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2. Would that be Ashcroft's army? (n/t)

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calico1

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Thu Oct-28-04 02:55 PM
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4. Hmmm..I wonder if they will be wearing

brown uniforms and doing the goosestep?

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prodigal_green

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Thu Oct-28-04 02:54 PM
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3. Um, a little late for the 58,000 absent absentee ballots. n/t

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