The following article clearly states that the Jeb Bush administration is STILL using erroneous felon reports and police intimidation measures to deter blacks from voting in Florida.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/23/opinion/23herbert.html Please read the article, and send it to everyone you know.
Then, if you find this situation as APPALLING as I do, contact your Senators and Representatives, and GOVERNORS weigh in on your outrage. Tell them you want to see any and all of the following:
1.) A vocal, public denunciation of these tactics.
2.) Some sort of censure of the Jeb Bush administration.
3.) Possibility of Armed Forces safeguarding voter rights in Florida.
4.) A public APOLOGY from Jeb Bush.
5.) IMMEDIATE and HIGHLY PUBLICIZED state-wide procedure on how to re-establish voting ability,
Contact info:
www.senate.gov
http://www.house.gov/http://www.nga.org/governors/1,1169,,00.html Also, ask www.moveon.org and the Kerry campaign www.johnkerry.com to publicly address the issue.
And if you have stamps, print out the article and your personal penned response and MAIL IT (via USPS) to your representatives.
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For those of you who don't like composing your own letters, here is mine.
Dear Sir:
This morning I received an e-mail referencing a New York Times editorial which clearly indicates that the Jeb Bush administration is STILL using erroneous felon reports and police intimidation measures to deter blacks from voting in Florida.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/23/opinion/23herbert.htmlI am appalled, and feel that action must be taken. Please do everything in your power to:
- denounce these tactics
- censure the Jeb Bush administration
- safeguard voting rights in Florida
- demand an apology from Jeb Bush
- force the Jeb Bush administration to immediately enact a highly publicized procedure for re-instating ex-felons on the voting rolls.
Your attention to this matter is greatly appreciated.