Alleged chicanery

[Paul Finkelman]

if the allegations, on either side, were of fraudulent registrations (as in
Chicago) then sure; but that is not the issue; I by the way am not at all
confident that Gore would win Florida in a federally monitored election.
Indeed, my own level of caring is pretty low; sure I voted for Gore and
would prefer to see him in office, but I really just one someone who can be
president without the taint of fraud or worse; the fact that his brother is
Governor makes it all the more important that a revote take place;
otherwise we will have to live with four years of allegation of the stolen
election.  That will not be good for anyone.

Paul Finkelman
Chapman Distinguished Professor
University of Tulsa College of Law
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"DAVID E. BERNSTEIN" wrote:

> I'm just wondering if Paul thinks that we should go through the voter
> roles in Florida and make sure that all the voters were (1) citizens;
> (2) otherwise eligible to vote (e.g., non-felons); and (3) actually
> exist.   It strikes me as at least plausible that large Democratic
> counties and cities in Florida wouldn't have much incentive to check
> these factors, and that Miami in particular has a history of election
> fraud.
>
> David E. Bernstein
> Associate Professor
> George Mason University
> School of Law
> 3401 N. Fairfax Drive
> Arlington, VA 22201
> (703) 993-8089
> dbernste at wpgate.gmu.edu
> <http://members.aol.com/deliotb/home.html>
>
> >>> Paul Finkelman <paul-finkelman at UTULSA.EDU> 11/09/00 05:24PM >>>
> I am glad Eugene is reading science fiction again; it is no doubt
> helpful for his analysis.  The fact is, we have reports that seem valid
> of 1) state police stopping balcks on the way to vote in North Florida;
> 2) I assume the Gov. of the state has ultimately responsibility for the
> state police; 3) we have an extraordinary number of spoiled ballots in
> just one county and apparently *all* or almost all  of them are involve
> Gore and almost none involve Bush; 4) unlike other states, where the
> machines record votes, the hold punshing process in Florida makes fraud
> and spoiling ballots quite easy; 5) we had rumors on the night of the
> election of missing ballot boxes (these were reported on all the
> networks);  6) the Jews in Palm Beach County are primarily elderly, and
> thus the duping is an aspect of age discrimination.  7) there are
> allegations of voters being turned away because they were in line, but
> the polls had closed and 8) there are allegations that voters were told
> they polling places had "run out of ballaots."

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