Voters (and lawyers) will head to the polls tomorrow

[BlueJessamine]

Source: North Florida News Daily

Voters won’t be the only ones heading to the polls Tuesday.

A army of lawyers will be on hand as well. Barack Obama's campaign team has recruited 5,000 volunteer lawyers to attend polling stations in battleground states such as Ohio, Pennsylvania, and other states where the vote could be close. They will fan out across polling stations to ensure the Republicans do not "steal" the election, as - Democrats claim - George Bush did eight years ago.

Polling stations in Florida will get the lion’s share, in part because of its history and also because polls suggest the vote will be tight.

The lawyers will be on hand to help any voters denied a ballot on spurious grounds, or fight to keep polling stations open late if they become overwhelmed by the expected high turnout. The Republicans will have their own lawyers across Florida too.

After the voting debacle of the deadlocked 2000 presidential election, Congress passed a new Help America Vote Act, which provided states with millions of dollars to upgrade voting equipment and procedures, and create centralized databases to check voter registrations. The system still has some bugs and little things like a nickname or error in a digit on an official record can disqualify a voter.





Read more: http://www.northfloridanewsdaily.com/News/2008/1103/top_news/193.html

[GOPNotForMe]

1. I'm one of them! nt

[kimmylavin]

2. Good for you!

And thank you for doing that!
Good luck tomorrow... :)

[BlueJessamine]

3. Thank you

for your patriotism and for volunteering your time. Kudos!!

[GinaMaria]

5. Thank you.

for defending democracy. :-)

[midnight]

4. I have wondered where these lawers have been?

Better late than never.