P.S.: Another story you may not see on TV: Jeb Bush insists that electronic voting machines are perfectly reliable, but The St. Petersburg Times says the Republican Party of Florida has sent out a flier urging supporters to use absentee ballots because the machines lack a paper trail and cannot "verify your vote."Here are the opening paragraphs of an AP story by Brent Kallestad--"GOP tells some Florida voters to skip touchscreens, vote absentee":
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Jeb Bush has tried for months to persuade Florida voters that the computerized touchscreen voting machines are perfectly reliable, but his own political party apparently hasn't got the message.Ghost Town Orange agrees with the Florida Republican Party: if you live in an area with touch-screen voting, vote with an absentee ballot. Senator Kerry will win if all the votes are counted.
The state Republican Party paid for a flier dissing the new technology and sent it to some voters in South Florida. It features a smiling, thumbs-up picture of Bush's older brother, President George W. Bush.
"The new electronic voting machines do not have a paper ballot to verify your vote in case of a recount," the message read. "Make sure your vote counts. Order your absentee ballot today."
That's what Democrats and a coalition of civil rights groups have been saying in legal challenges, trying to force the state to provide a paper trail in case the touchscreen machines malfunction.
Father, let me dedicate All this year to you
In whatever earthly state You will have me be
Not from sorrow, pain, or care Freedom dare I claim;
This alone shall be my prayer: Glorify Your name.
--from New Year's Hymn by Lawrence Tuttiett, 1864 (alt.)
In whatever earthly state You will have me be
Not from sorrow, pain, or care Freedom dare I claim;
This alone shall be my prayer: Glorify Your name.
--from New Year's Hymn by Lawrence Tuttiett, 1864 (alt.)
