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Thread #65212 Message #1074081
Posted By: Gareth
16-Dec-03 - 07:06 PM
Thread Name: BS: They got saddam
Subject: RE: BS: They got saddam
Sorry - I cut off footnote one.
(Footnote One)
There was a deliberate trawl through the electorial regioster in Florida to exclude felons. IIRC this crude trawl tended to exclude ethnic minorities, many of whom had not been convicted of a felony.
What is appaulling is that the "Democrats" did not see this one comming, and counter it.
What is even more appalling is that no notification was given to those who were excluded so that the question of thier exclusion could not be challenged.
Well that good Republican Dwight D Eisnhower (SP) signed a civil rights act to try and banish this corrupt practice. I find it beyond belief that thgis crude gerimandering still goes on.
Gareth