Jesse Jackson In Fl and he is watching the voting..Not happy

cheshire

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Wed Oct-20-04 12:23 PM
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Jesse Jackson In Fl and he is watching the voting..Not happy

Deval(spelling)Co. largest Co. has 1 polling place. They are such a mess on purpose.

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Dirty Hippie

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Wed Oct-20-04 12:32 PM
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1. Duval County?

This is Jacksonville

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cheshire

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Wed Oct-20-04 12:36 PM
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5. Thanks.

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Thrill

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Wed Oct-20-04 12:33 PM
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2. Is that a Democrat county?

Edited on Wed Oct-20-04 12:33 PM by BrentTaylor

And whats being done about this?

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sherilocks

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Wed Oct-20-04 12:39 PM
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9. Duval is definitely NOT a Democratic county

Jacksonville has a large minority population that is still facing massive disenfranchisement. If they could get their votes counted, Duval would not be so GOP heavy. That's exactly what the powers that be are afraid of.

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Norquist Nemesis

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Wed Oct-20-04 12:49 PM
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13. Wow!

Here's an article from the LA Times about it. Gadsen County is 60% Democrats. Duvall with Jacksonville in it has been trying to get early voting places for quite a while I guess.

"In nearby Duvall County � where 27,000 votes, most of them from African American neighborhoods, were disqualified in 2000 � activists also have unsuccessfully sought more early voting polling places.

Now Jacksonville, which in land area is the largest city in the contiguous United States, will have a single early voting site � miles from any black neighborhoods."

Damn! I want to see Jesse all over the news! :mad:

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GreenPartyVoter

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Wed Oct-20-04 12:51 PM
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16. This is just so wrong. *grrr*

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Norquist Nemesis

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Wed Oct-20-04 12:34 PM
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3. Can you be a little more specific? n/t

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cthrumatrix

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Wed Oct-20-04 12:35 PM
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4. Duvall a large county has 1 early polling place...far away from minorities

google Duvall and voting in Florida..plenty of articles.

Other Florida areas (of this size) have SEVERAL early voting sites.

Duvall (heavy minority) does not.

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Norquist Nemesis

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Wed Oct-20-04 12:50 PM
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14. Thanks!

I found one article (see above post), but didn't find anything about what Jesse's not happy about.

This sucks! :cry:

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montanacowboy

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Wed Oct-20-04 12:36 PM
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6. For earlyt voting Duval Co.

had only one polling place - can you believe it? don't answer

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cheshire

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Wed Oct-20-04 12:37 PM
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7. I'm watching GOP media channel, They don't give much for dems....

You get what I do.

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Cha

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Wed Oct-20-04 12:38 PM
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8. They have had Fucking Four Years...

why hasn't this been FIXED? Can't wait for jebhead to fix it!!

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SammyWinstonJack

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Wed Oct-20-04 12:44 PM
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12. It's working for them

Why would they fix it? :argh:

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Cha

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Wed Oct-20-04 12:51 PM
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15. I mean the Dems...why haven't they

FIXED IT?! I really did think this thing would have been given more ATTENTION by the local Dems if no one else!

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sherilocks

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Wed Oct-20-04 04:02 PM
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19. Dems seem to have forsaken the problems

in Jacksonville and I can't figure out why. I live in a barely blue county, less than an hour away from Jacksonville with a large middle class black population transplanted from the northeast. Jacksonville's black population is (I don't know the exact demographics) largely poor southern blacks. I tried to get the educated, middle class blacks (and whites) from the local Democratic party interested in helping out. Like whistling in the wind.

I see that there are DUers going to Jacksonville on election day. Thank you DUers.

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Cha

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Wed Oct-20-04 08:09 PM
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22. Yes, Thanking the DUers who are going

down to Florida on Election Day! :yourock:

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Search Party

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Wed Oct-20-04 12:40 PM
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10. march to the statehouse, drag his ass out into the street

Edited on Wed Oct-20-04 12:45 PM by aammpp

jebbie, that is

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vetwife

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Wed Oct-20-04 12:42 PM
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11. 25,000 votes thrown out in Duval county in 2000 That would make it

split wouldn't it? Not so much GOP?

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Pirate Smile

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Wed Oct-20-04 12:52 PM
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17. Where did you see this about JJ?

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rniel

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Wed Oct-20-04 12:56 PM
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18. i guess I just fell off the turnup truck

Don't we all vote November 2nd. Is florida voting early so they have time to sort out all the disenfranchisement and lawsuits.

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sherilocks

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Wed Oct-20-04 04:10 PM
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20. There IS early voting in Duval County, BUT

there is only one place to do this, in Jacksonville. This is not close to the minority precincts. Duval County is very large. All the other large counties have numerous places to go to vote. Volusia County (Daytona Beach) had only one place go for early voting, but under threat of a lawsuit, changed their mind, and now have three. Duval will not budge, nor do I know of a lawsuit.

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Warren DeMontague

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Wed Oct-20-04 04:18 PM
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21. I'd like to see us win Florida, but I haven't been counting on it.

Between Jeb and Cryptkeeper Harris, it seems like a tall order.

Hopefully-- with some real accountability in Washington--, we can straighten out their 3rd world voting situation before 2008.

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