Jeb Bush: Every Vote Should Count

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Jeb  Bush  signed  into  law a measure doing away with witness signatures for absentee ballots in Florida. If we counted every vote in Florida, Jeb'sbrother would be spending all of his time -- and not just some of his time -- falling off his bicycle on his Texas  ranch. [more]

Civil Rights Coalition Fears Major Voting Problems Will Recur in Fall
Problems that  voters encountered in Florida and elsewhere in 2000 are likely to recur this fall unless Congress, states and voters fix them quickly, a coalition of voters'rights groups warned Wednesday. The main problems  are:
  •  Confusing voter registration and identification requirements.
  • Errors in purging lists of eligible voters.
  • Misused and malfunctioning voting machines, including the infamous punch-card machines.
  • Inaccurate counting of ballots cast by voters who may be voting in the wrong precincts.
<>These problems   disenfranchised between 4 to 6 million voters inthe 2000 presidential  election, according to a Cal tech-MIT study released in 2001. [more]