There is actually some good historical mapping on the bbc too. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/americas/04/vote_usa/map/html/default. stm
-- Jay > -----Original Message----- > From: Sandy Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 27 October 2004 13:09 > To: CF-Community > Subject: BBC obtains secret bush document showing possible > plan to disrupt voting in Florida > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/3956129.stm > > New Florida vote scandal feared > By Greg Palast > Reporting for BBC's Newsnight > > A secret document obtained from inside Bush campaign > headquarters in Florida suggests a plan - possibly in > violation of US law - to disrupt voting in the state's > African-American voting districts, a BBC Newsnight > investigation reveals. > > Two e-mails, prepared for the executive director of the Bush > campaign in Florida and the campaign's national research > director in Washington DC, contain a 15-page so-called "caging list". > > It lists 1,886 names and addresses of voters in predominantly > black and traditionally Democrat areas of Jacksonville, Florida. > > An elections supervisor in Tallahassee, when shown the list, > told Newsnight: > "The only possible reason why they would keep such a thing is > to challenge voters on election day." > > Ion Sancho, a Democrat, noted that Florida law allows > political party operatives inside polling stations to stop > voters from obtaining a ballot. > > Mass challenges > > They may then only vote "provisionally" after signing an > affidavit attesting to their legal voting status. > > Mass challenges have never occurred in Florida. Indeed, says > Mr Sancho, not one challenge has been made to a voter "in the > 16 years I've been supervisor of elections." > > "Quite frankly, this process can be used to slow down the > voting process and cause chaos on election day; and > discourage voters from voting." > > Sancho calls it "intimidation." And it may be illegal. > > In Washington, well-known civil rights attorney, Ralph Neas, > noted that US federal law prohibits targeting challenges to > voters, even if there is a basis for the challenge, if race > is a factor in targeting the voters. > > The list of Jacksonville voters covers an area with a > majority of black residents. > > When asked by Newsnight for an explanation of the list, > Republican spokespersons claim the list merely records > returned mail from either fundraising solicitations or > returned letters sent to newly registered voters to verify > their addresses for purposes of mailing campaign literature. > > Republican state campaign spokeswoman Mindy Tucker Fletcher > stated the list was not put together "in order to create" a > challenge list, but refused to say it would not be used in > that manner. > > Rather, she did acknowledge that the party's poll workers > will be instructed to challenge voters, "Where it's stated in > the law." > > There was no explanation as to why such clerical matters > would be sent to top officials of the Bush campaign in > Florida and Washington. > > Private detective > In Jacksonville, to determine if Republicans were using the > lists or other means of intimidating voters, we filmed a > private detective filming every "early voter" - the majority > of whom are black - from behind a vehicle with blacked-out windows. > > The private detective claimed not to know who was paying for > his all-day services. > > On the scene, Democratic Congresswoman Corinne Brown said the > surveillance operation was part of a campaign of intimidation > tactics used by the Republican Party to intimate and scare > off African American voters, almost all of whom are > registered Democrats. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=38 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:132909 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
