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GAO Reports on Overseas Ballots 


By NEDRA PICKLER (Direct descendent of Joseph Stalin! - tha malcontent)
Associated Press Writer OCTOBER 1, 01:21 EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) � U.S. military personnel and Americans living overseas were more than four times as likely to have their ballots thrown out than were domestic civilian voters, according to a report by congressional investigators released Friday.

 

(Way back in early November, just following the attempted coup on the part of the "Free Press" to turn 8 years of incompetent "leadership" into 12, associalisticpress.com began reporting on the DNC orchestrated attempts to throw out as many military votes as possible knowing that the military votes were historically heavily REPUBLICan.  What's most entertaining about this story is that the AP originally ran this Saturday 09.29.2001 at around ten o'clock at night.  I'm sure that there was no attempt to bury this story on the part of the AP!  It just so happens that that's when they got around to "rushing it to the Wire"... a day and a half late! - tha malcontent)

The General Accounting Office was asked to look into balloting by 2.7 million military members and their dependents and 3.9 million citizens living overseas after last fall's Florida recount in the presidential election revealed a myriad of voting problems.

 

("A myriad of voting problems"... Some of which, according to LYING DemocRATS, were racist practices on the part of some polling places in certain counties.  The problem with these false assertions, aside from being blatant lies designed to do nothing more seed false perceptions, is that the counties in which the "racism" was accused were controlled by DemocRAT canvassing boards.  If there was racism, which there wasn't, it would have been the fault of the party complaining!  Then we have a factual example of a group being discriminated against, the military, and the "Free Presses" silence has been deafening!  Is this getting any clearer?  I told most of you months ago that these crimes would come to light one day.  For those of you who don't know, the collective "Free Presses" attempt to divine a vote for their boy, Algore Junior, post election came up empty.  They spent millions of dollars looking high and low in 4 heavily DemocRAT counties and they finally admitted that Bush STILL WON!  That story was buried also! - tha malcontent)

The GAO estimated through a telephone survey of county officials nationwide that 8.1 percent of military and overseas ballots were thrown out in counties with less than 60,000 residents. Not enough large counties responded to make a national estimate, but investigators found a similar pattern among those that did. 

By comparison, about 1.8 percent of ballots cast by civilians living in the United States were disqualified.

 

(The heavily pro-REPUBLICan military vote was 7 times as likely to be thrown out nationwide... Can you imagine if we were talking about the Black vote! - tha malcontent)

During the Florida recount that led to President Bush's victory, election officials rejected hundreds of ballots cast by military personnel living overseas, many because they lacked postmarks or signatures. Critics said it was unconscionable that the votes of people who serve their country were disqualified for such infractions.

 

(THEY WERE SENT IN BULK!  The DemocRAT canvassing boards rejected them because they did not have individual postage... A FIRST IN THE HISTORY OF FLORIDA'S ELECTIONS!  This is asinine! - tha malcontent)

``We must make every effort to ensure that military members have a meaningful opportunity to vote and that every properly cast ballot is counted,'' said Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., who was among several lawmakers who asked the GAO to investigate.

 

(That's beautiful, a DemocRAT gets the credit for asking for an investigation! - tha malcontent)

The GAO recommended that the State Department improve its oversight of its voting assistance program for citizens living overseas. It also recommended that the Defense Department provide more trained voting assistance officers at bases. 

The report found some bases had officers who explained the absentee voting process to newcomers, held voter registration events and passed out voting materials as the deadline approached. But other bases did not have enough absentee ballots or a voting assistance officer, as required by the Defense Department. And some voting assistance officers were not aware of key department requirements for voting, even though they are supposed to be trained under department policy.

 

(How about investigating the DemcoRATS in Florida on those canvassing boards who used a DNC issued memo on how to disqualify ballots as to help Algore Junior!  Again, FLORIDA NEVER REJECTED BULK MAIL MILITARY BALLOTS BEFORE 2000! - tha malcontent)

The Defense and State departments agreed with the overall findings of the report and noted they already have taken steps to improve their voting assistance programs. 

Florida changed its law after the election so that postmarks no longer are required. Voters simply must write the date they filled out the ballot and include a witness' signature for verification.

 

(Last paragraph translated out of the Liberal bias it was written in:  "After DemocRAT canvassing boards abused a law that was never used before 2000 to negate the votes of a group who would vote more in favor of the other side, Florida revised it's law to allow for ballots that are sent in bulk mail to be tied to the collective post mark of said bulk mail!"  Seriously people, this Newspeak makes my head hurt! - tha malcontent)

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On the Net: GAO: http://www.gao.gov

 

 


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