---------- From: copa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 16:03:21 -0500 To: Bill Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Fwd: Proof of election fraud in Florida] From: Robert Hope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, December 1, 2000 10:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Proof of election fraud in Florida Enclosed are two accounts describing voter fraud in the state of Florida. The first is one person's remarks depicting a screening on CSPAN of four hours of NAACP voting fraud hearings. The second is from a rabbi in Florida that talked to different voters. > The news items below suggest that in Florida > occurred 1) racist denial of > votes to Jews and African Americans, and 2) ballot > misprints, perhaps > intentional, > but in any case causing people to misvote. As a > result, a man clearly > unwanted by the majority of the voting populace, > George W. Bush, may take > office in January. > > The mainstream media, and the two main political > parties have ignored these > issues. It is now time to flood the media with > demands to pay attention. > > ITEM #1 > > Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2000 14:28:39 -0800 > From: Susan Guberman-Garcia > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: calculated scheme to deny voting rights to > people of color > > I spent several hours this morning watching the > NAACP public hearing on > the Florida vote on C-SPAN. > Having done so, it is very clear to me that there > was a systematic and > calculated effort to lessen the Gore vote by denying > the franchise to > as many African Americans as possible... . . > The hearing was orderly, well run, and transcribed > by a court reporter > and was presided over by NAACP > President (and former Congressional Black Caucus > chairman) Kweisi > [N'fume]. The hearing was much like a > Congressional hearing (but > without the wordwaste and puffery that usually > dominates > Congressional hearings). There were several panels > of witnesses, 2 to 4 > people per panel. The witnesses included voters who > were denied the > right to vote, NAACP activists who worked the > get-out-the-vote effort > all day, NAACP phone-standby volunteers who worked > the phones fielding > election-day complaints, poll workers and news media > people. > > The witnesses were all credible and impressive, > their information > detailed and often accompanied by notes with names, > dates, places. I > would not hesitate to call any of these people as > witnesses if I were > handling a lawsuit on their behalf. > > Witnesses testified that they (and family members > and others in their > presence) were denied the right to vote because they > "were not on the rolls" > even though some of them had their voter > registration cards as well as > identification showing their names and addresses. > > This violates Florida law. In many cases, the poll > workers who refused > them declined to make any effort to validate their > status and told them > to "come back later." Some poll workers were > sympathetic and > attempted to get approval for the voters to go ahead > and vote but were > denied by "headquarters." > > THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT: Two poll workers testified > that they had been > instructed by "headquarters" that they should apply > "qualification" > procedures VERY STRICTLY and if there is the > slightest doubt, DENY THE > REQUEST TO VOTE. They were also told to refrain > from giving out any > written verification of the refused voters' > requests, including > affidavits (this is illegal; the law REQUIRES that > any voter whose > attempt is challenged be given an affidavit of > challenge signed under > oath by the poll > worker). > > And in fact, many of the denied voters asked for an > affidavit or > something in writing to prove they had attempted to > vote and ALL such > requests were refused. NONE were given the chance > to cast a "challenge > ballot" (which I gather is similar to the > "provisional ballot" that is > used in California when there is a dispute as to > whether someone is > entitled to vote or not). > > Witnessses testified that they and others who were > African American (but > not white) voters were asked to > provide BOTH photo ID and a current voter > registration card and many who > could not do so were denied the right to vote even > though the law does > not require that the voters present both ID and > voter registration > cards. > > A newswoman who spent all day at various polling > places witnessed the > above time and time again. When she tried to > intervene, she was > threatened with arrest. This newswoman (who happens > to be white and a > former policewoman) accompanied one black voter to > SIX polling places as > she was turned away time after time > because, despite her > having a voter card and ID, she was told "this is > not your polling > place." Finally, she returned to her original > polling place and was > allowed, finally, to vote. > > The newswoman testified that at one polling place in > Healdsberg County, > there were numerous police cars who were stopping > African American > voters and asking for ID and "what are you doing > here? " She saw them > stop one elderly man after he left the polls, order > him to "assume the > position" and question him, as he tried to explain > he had just voted > (and was wearing a button that said "I voted"). > When she tried > to intervene, she was told to move on or > she would be arrested, > and when she did so out of fear for her safety, she > was followed for > several miles by a police car. This newswoman, who > is white and a > former policewoman, broke down in tears because she > was ashamed that she > left the scene. > > The newswoman testified that she was leaked a list > of over a thousand > absentee voters by an election > official. This was a list of absentee voters who > were disqualified for > being "felons" (their votes were not > counted but they were not informed of the rejection > of their vote or the > opportunity to challenge it; the > Republican commissioner who leaked the list told the > newswoman that the > instructions were to NOT notify the rejected > absentee voters of their > disqualification. > > The newswoman happened to know one of the people on > the list and it is > someone she knows has never been convicted of a > crime, let alone a > felony. Many witnesses testified that people who > came in to vote were > required to answer a litany of questions even though > they were on the > rolls and had ID; the questions had to do with > whether they had been > convicted of a felony since the last time they > voted, was their address > correct, etc. Only African Americans appeared to > be asked these > questions. > > A police lieutenant testified that a box of ballots > was sitting in the > police station. Someone called in that it had not > been picked up. The > police department claimed that they had tried to > call the election > commission on Friday but nobody answered because it > was a holiday. As > of now (actually, the hearing was Saturday but > C-SPAN aired it this > morning), the box is still sitting in the police > evidence room, sealed > with evidence tape. A minister testified that > nobody ever came to pick > up the box at his church (a polling place for his > precinct) and STILL > HAS NOT DONE SO!! > > The president of Haitian Women of Miami testified > that she was > threatened with arrest for attempting to > enter the polling booth to help first time Haitian > voters who needed > translation assistance, and even though she > presented a copy of the > statute that permits such assistance inside the > booth she was told that > she would be arrested if she did not leave and the > police were actually > called. None of the Creole speakers who asked for > Creole ballots (which > were printed for the first time this election) were > given them and > although there were Creole speaking volunteers > present to assist those > voters, they were denied the right to do so. > > Handicapped people were able to get into some > polling places but the > polling booths were not acceptable to them and > requests for special > ballots or other assistance was denied in African > American precincts, > according to the witnesses. I could go on...but is > it necessary? > > These are THOUSANDS of denied voters. Does anyone > not know a pattern > and practice of obstruction when they see it? Does > anyone not see the > last gasp of the OLD SOUTH being called upon one > more time to put its > own man into the White House? Thousands of voters > were deliberately > and systematically > denied their right to vote because Bush's brother > and his cronies knew > they were voting for Gore. > > WHERE IS THE NEWS MEDIA? Why is this damning > evidence not on the FRONT > PAGE OF EVERY NEWSPAPER IN THE COUNTRY? Why is it > being COMPLETELY > suppressed on the corporate media television > stations and in the corporate > print media? Why is the systematic denial of the > Voting Rights Act > tolerated? > > There is no remedy other than to allow EVERY SINGLE > DENIED VOTER HIS AND > HER VOTE. NOW. > > And we who have volunteered to uphold justice have > the responsibility to > do whatever we can to ensure that occurs, whether > it's volunteer in the > legal fights, write letters, emails and faxes, raise > or give money, call > our news media, call our congressional people, or if > necessary, engage > in civil disobedience in memory of Martin Luther > King, the little girls > who were burned to death in a church and every > racist atrocity that has > been brought back to life by the shame in Florida. > If not now, when? > If not us, who? > THE RACIAL PROFILING OF THE FLORIDA VOTE IS THE > CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS -- not > the delay in > crowning King George. > > Susan Guberman-Garcia, Attorney at Law. > Phone: 510-792-2639 > Fax/Voicemail:: 510-405-2016 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To download this C-SPAN report, go to > http://www.c-span.org, do a search for > NAACP, and find the following: > Saturday, November 11, 2000 > NAACP Public Hearing on Florida Ballot > Irregularities Watch > Tallahassee, FL > Kweisi Mfume, NAACP President, chairs a public > hearing on Florida Ballot > Irregularities that may have disfranchised black > voters. > Length: 5 hrs. > > > > ********************* > > ITEM #2: > > From: Richard M Yellin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Sworn Affidavit Made to Palm Peach DNC > > Some colleagues asked, what went on here. Here is my > own sworn testimony > to the DNC -- Richard Yellin. > > I came to my voting precinct at the St. Thomas More > Church in Boynton > Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, at 6 30 am on > Election day 2000. I > was fifth in line waiting for the precinct to open. > By the time it > opened, about 30 people had already lined up, and by > the time I exited > from the poll at 7:15, 100+ individuals were waiting > to enter a very > crowded precinct area. I was fully prepared to vote > my choices with my > own pre-prepared list of candidate selections and > referendum choices. I > came early to vote because I had to be at my > Synagogue, by 8 am to speak > at a morning religious service. > > When I entered the precinct I signed the voter > register and received the > "computerized ballot." I went to a cubicle on a desk > that had a > "votamatic" platform which had a "butterfly > brochure" fixed on the > platform, with pages of the brochure to be turned > sequentially so that > candidates and referendum questions could be "hole > punched," i.e., voted > for. I followed the instructions placing the ballot > into the slot so > that it could be properly fixed and aligned under > the "butterfly" so > that the holes on the "butterfly" lined up over the > computerized "ballot." > > At that point I started the voting process. I wanted > to vote for > Gore/Lieberman. I searched for the Gore "butterfly > hole" and could not > find it!! The arrows to the right of the candidate's > name, pointing to > the proper "butterfly hole" did not align properly > !! I struggled to > find the appropriate place for my vote, and tried to > figure out which > one it was by looking at the Bush "hole" and the > others on the page. By > a process of elimination, I chose the hole I thought > was for Gore and > Lieberman. I took 3-4 minutes to do this. It made me > feel rather stupid, > so I hid my stupidity, figuring that I voted my > choice. I went on to all > the other candidates on the next pages of the > "butterfly" and the > alignments to the proper holes were arranged neatly > and to perfection, > and I was out of the little cubicle (which was not > very private in the > least!), and I took out my "ballot from the > "butterfly" and placed it in > the ballot box upon leaving. > > As I left I heard 2-5 people complaining that it was > difficult to vote > for President and V.P. I did not have time to > consult with these > individuals because I had my appointments. As I > drove away, I had a > gnawing feeling that something was not right, with > the blame on me. I > had a sample mock "butterfly" that was mailed out > before the election, > and I looked at it briefly while driving and I saw > that it did not look > anything like the "butterfly" that was attached to > the "votamatic." At > which point I dismissed the experience and went > about driving. > > At 7:45 am, when I came to my synagogue, (of which I > am the Rabbi and > Spiritual Leader), Temple Emeth of Delray Beach, a > 2800 member > congregation of retired senior citizens, our parking > lot was a beehive > of activity. A voting precinct is housed in our > facility's auditorium, > and it had lines waiting to go into vote. I went > into my office to > prepare my sermon and at 8:10 I went out of my > office passing the voting > precinct waving to many voters whom I knew. I rushed > past the auditorium > and went into the Chapel and began the service with > a sermonette on the > subject of voting and religious freedom. I told my > prayers that in order > to be religious, they had to vote, because political > freedom is the > guarantor of religious freedom. At exactly 8:20 am > my speech was > interrupted by a synagogue Staff member who said to > me in front of the > 60 people in the chapel, "There is a problem in the > precinct," and he > summoned me to the precinct. My 7:15 emotions began > to gnaw at me again. > > I entered the precinct ahead of the lines and I was > told by several > people leaving that they had trouble voting their > choice for President. > In fact one person was crying that she thought she > had mistakenly voted > for Buchanan. > > I summoned the supervisor of the precinct housed in > our facility and I > asked her to get the butterfly ballot from one of > the "votamatics" and > to look at it together with me. Two or three other > people gather around, > and it was the identical "butterfly" that I had used > at the Church. I > said to the supervisor that the arrows are > completely misaligned with > the holes and therefore the ballots could not be > punched, expressing > with certainty the intent of the voter. She agreed, > and I asked her to > interrupt the voting in the precinct and I told her > that the precinct > should be closed until an announcement was made to > all those voting, > that 'the "butterfly brochure" was problematic, and > that people should > exercise great care.' I said to her that the > supervisor of elections in > Palm Beach and in Florida should be called > immediately. She agreed. The > phone lines to the election board were busy. She > made the announcements, > and I went to call all the media outlets in the area > -- 3 TV stations > and the radio station of record. > > At which point, I felt I did my duty and I went into > the synagogue > office and began listening to people exiting from > the precinct who > complained that it was an impossible experience, and > how they think they > voted for Buchanan by mistake because of the > "butterfly." At that point, > I too put 2 and 2 together and I think I may have > voted for Buchanan, a > vote that would be anathema to my whole political > disposition. By 9:15 I > had meetings in my office and duties to attend to, > and thought that > others had been sufficiently apprised of the > situation and that it was > in hand. Wrong, by mid day all hell broke loose in > the media. > > Addenda: On Friday night November 10, I had planned > to speak about > Kritallnacht, the Rabin Assassination, and Veterans > Day. Instead, > before 500 people I asked them to shared their > voting experience during > election day. Several people got up to speak and > told their stories that > they had trouble with the "butterfly" in trying to > vote for Gore, and they > think > they voted for Buchanan. (It is important to know > that my congregation > has well over 100 holocaust survivors, and no one > would have knowingly > voted for Buchanan. I took a referendum on that!) > > At which point several people in the congregation > began to laugh at > those who expressed a problem with the vote! I asked > those who were > laughing to explain their lamentable public > ridicule. They said they > voted, and it was a piece of cake. I then asked them > to explain why it > was easy for them. They said their "butterfly" was > lined up correctly > and all they had to do was follow the arrows for the > candidates and > punch the holes. In response, those who had the > problem, said publicly > that they had a DIFFERENT LOOKING "BUTTERFLY" AND > THE ARROWS WERE > MISPRINTED. I then took a tabulation. "If you > thought the votamatic was > easy to use, raise your hands." 50% raised their > hands. Then: "If you > were troubled by the vote and think you may have > voted incorrectly for Gore > because of your "butterfly", raise your hands." 30% > raised their hands. > 20% were unsure. The conclusion of this "Town Hall" > sermonic > discussion!? There were two different versions of > the "butterfly" or > maybe even a partial misprint of > the butterflies used by many voters in various > precincts of Palm Beach > County. > > I tried the same experiment on Saturday morning to > an even larger > crowd, dispensing with the planned sermon, asking > people to share their > voting experiences. The Saturday morning > congregation is made up of > different people than the Friday night congregation. > To my amazement the > same thing happened again. People laughed, and > slowly they came to the > realization that there were 2 different versions to > the "butterfly." The > tabulation was virtually the same as the previous > night. > > Conclusion: The real problem is the > "butterfly"brochure. There were > misprints in the alignment of arrows and holes, and > there were bad > "butterflies" hovering within and mingling with > normal "butterflies," > and the way you could predict who received infected > misprinted > "butterflies,"was to scan the precincts where > Buchanan received greater > numbers of votes than expected compared to all the > other 50+ counties in > Florida. > > It just so happens that the Buchanan factor surfaced > most within Jewish > and Afro-American areas and precincts. As an > Afro-American pastor friend > of mine said, "there is no one in his congregation > who would for a > moment think of voting for Pat Buchanan." Buchanan > subsequently went on > air saying he knew that these exaggerated votes, > close to 3500 in Palm > Beach County, "should not have gone to him." > > The real question for these 3500 suspected votes: > Why doesn't the > government impound all the "butterflies" and search > for the misprinted > ones. > > The media is totally confused by this, and it is no > wonder that the > former Secretary of State, The Honorable James > Baker, could hold up a > normal "butterfly," and unconscionably imply, that > elderly, Jewish, > Afro-Americans, and Palm Beach County citizens, were > "confused" > (implying 'stupid'). Mr. Baker, in this case, was > really "holier than > thou", meaning, of course Bush voters were not > confused > because their candidate was the first on the list, > and you could not > mistake punching the Bush > "butterfly" hole because it was at the top of the > column of holes, i.e., > "holier than thou." > >I do not believe in conspiracies! I am a registered independent voter >who learned as a child: "It is not who won or lost, but how we played >the game." In this election, the voting machinery was flawed, not the >electorate. > > > > >"African American history and culture is not a subject to add to American >education. There is no American education without it." >Press, 1999) ____________________________________________________________________________ _________ > Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : > http://explorer.msn.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. 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