Moore to protest missing ballots at Broward elections office

[Judi Lynn]

Posted on Thu, Oct. 28, 2004

Moore to protest missing ballots at Broward elections office

By WANDA J. DEMARZO

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Michael Moore, the documentary film-maker who directed the anti-Bush movie Fahrenheit 9/11, is expected to deliver a protest speech outside the Broward County Supervisor of Elections office at 7 tonight.

Moore plans to discuss news reports that 58,000 absentee ballots are missing in Broward, according to his publicist, Terri Hardesty.

For months, both political parties and critics of the touch-screen machines used in Broward, Miami-Dade and 13 other counties have urged voters to use absentee ballots, which are on paper.

That led to a surge of absentee requests, topping more than 300,000 in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties.

Broward's elections office, at 115 South Andrews Ave. in Fort Lauderdale, is resending about 76,000 absentee ballots to voters who say they asked but still haven't received them.
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http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/10037722.htm
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I'm concerned that this right-wing paper, the Miami Herald, from a city familiar for years with easily mobilized gangs of protesters might be calling for a demonstration against Michael Moore in printing the location of Michael Moore's appearance tonight at 7:00.

I've been told by Miami residents and have read it in articles that the local Cuban talk stations (virulently right-wing) themselves organize and dispatch impromptu protests.

Hope Michael Moore is sufficiently cautious.

[liberalnurse]

1. He sure is inspiring......

He just keeps topping himself.....a real grassroots leader.

[Cha]

3. Yes! Michael does,

Awesomely, Keep "topping himself"! :hi:

I thought I saw in some other headline that I haven't checked out yet that they were going to give those people more "absentee ballots"?

[Judi Lynn]

5. Sending them out today, they claim......

From the Miami Herald:

Posted on Thu, Oct. 28, 2004

Missing ballots to be remailed

BY ERIKA BOLSTAD, GARY FINEOUT AND AMY SHERMAN

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Broward County's election office is resending about 76,000 absentee ballots to voters who say they asked for but still haven't received them, an ominous sign of voting problems just days before the nation again sets its eyes on Florida.

The elections office is still trying to discover why so many people haven't received the absentee ballots. But with so little time before Tuesday's election, officials will mail out replacements -- thousands of them -- today. The ballots will be shipped via overnight mail to people outside the county, said Broward Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes.

Broward's mix-up is the most profound, but not the only, glitch in the absentee voter process across Florida. From teenagers away at school to homeowners away on travel, complaints are mounting that absentee ballots have somehow been lost between here and there. Voters in Palm Beach County have reported similar problems.

In Broward, the ballots will go to every voter who requested one but who has not yet returned the original ballot, Snipes said. More than 50,800 of the 127,320 people who asked for absentee ballots have returned them. The rest will get new ballots
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http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/10033338.htm
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[Cha]

6. Thank you, JudiLyn!

I wonder where those ballots are..I mean does jeb have a hand in this or what?

[Judi Lynn]

11. No doubt!I hope there's an investigation immediately after the election.nt

[Catfight]

7. It's not just broward, it's Hillsbourough in Tampa too! They should

call for a suspension of FL 24 electoral votes until they can repair the elections process here, period! FUCK JEB

[ima_sinnic]

10. Also Lee County

same story: a lot of ballots mailed to voters, none received, per my father, who said he did finally receive a ballot in the mail in Connecticut after a lot of time on the phone over several days.

[BlueScreen]

2. Thank God for Michael Moore (n/t)

[Eloriel]

4. SEVENTY SIX THOUSAND?

I thought 58,000 had been "lost" -- ?? Hmmmm.

[demon67]

8. Who runs Broward County elections office?

Is it a Democrat or a Republican? Is there a motive for mischief within that county office?

[Az_lefty]

12. Brenda Snipes, 'R' appointed by Jeb...

figures, right? I'd like to know if the ballots were ever mailed in the first place and were they only 'Democrat' absentee ballots.

[cubsfan forever]

9. Michael Moore is a true American hero

I am SO glad he is on our side, and forgive him for being influential in the Nader campaign of 2000, because he is busting his ass for us this time around. Michael Moore Rocks!

Professor 2

[lovuian]

13. Where is Kerry's people??? God Bless Moore!!!

Broward County is such a corrupt county!!!

[sunscreened]

14. Want to kick this for Broward people who may not know

I am right here in Broward and thank you, DUers, for the headsup.

I have now rounded up a few people to go down there tonite. Also spoke with a friend who was at the Kerry headquarters, so I hope he got the word out there.

Come on South Floridians - I know lots of you lurk, even if you don't post. Meet me there and stand for democracy. It's now or never!