Florida's vote-by-mail plan gains few fans

[JimGinPA]

I think the M$M is pushing this meme. Doesn't look like it'll fly


For all the buzz about Florida Democrats gearing up for a statewide mail-in ballot, don't hold your breath.

Interviews with state and national Democratic leaders, as well as officials with the campaigns of Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama make clear that the idea of re-doing the Jan. 29 election using a ballot-by-mail system is not universally popular.

"The Democratic Party is going to run a mail-in election and they're going to police it and they're going to - I mean, I think it's a nightmare," senior Barack Obama strategist David Axelrod said Monday on MSNBC.

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State Rep. Keith Fitzgerald of Sarasota, the ranking Democrat on the state House ethics and elections committee, said an accounting firm could ensure the integrity of the election just as they do when corporations have mail-in elections for directors.

"I think some kind of mail ballot is probably the only practical way to pull this off," said Fitgerald, an Obama supporter. "But you're going to have to have buy-in from the DNC, the state party, and both the campaigns. Unless they agree on ground rules, and they're going to have to do it quickly, I don't see anything happening."

More at link

http://www.sptimes.com/2008/03/11/State/Florida_s_vote_by_mai.shtml

[99th_Monkey]

1. Did you expect Jeb to come to "Little Beirut" on his knees asking for lessons on clean elections?

[JimGinPA]

2. ?

:shrug:

[99th_Monkey]

3. In the Bush lexicon, Oregon (or Portland) is referred to as Little Beirut

and Oregon is known for clean elections.

[pdxmom]

4. On the local Portland, Oregon Thom Hartmann show this morning, an

idea was thrown out by them that Oregon should send a "team" to Florida to help them set up the mail-in voting and show them how to do it right. I think that would be an excellent idea.