UF professor sees red over absentee ballot

[whatelseisnew]

http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040821/LOCAL/208210324/-1/ARCHIVES01

(yesterday's news, but didn't see it posted)

Article published Aug 21, 2004

The three letters on the front of the envelope containing Ben Hebblethwaite's absentee ballot screamed at him: DEM.

His party affiliation was marked in clear, if tiny, print on the address label directing the ballot to his Gainesville home.

Hebblethwaite, a professor of Haitian/Creole at the University of Florida, thought about the Gainesville postal worker he'd seen with a photo of President Bush tacked to his post-office cubicle. He thought about the slim margin in the 2000 presidential election and he thought about the statewide problems that year.

And then he panicked.

[BootinUp]

1. We've been marked

It really is a stupid practice.

[papau]

2. As in 2000, the plan is in place, And the election theft will be attempted

again - and again the media will kiss GOP Butt and imply the Democratic Party is just "playing politics as usual".


"Supervisor of elections staffers said they have used the same procedure in general elections and will likely do so again this November."

:-)

[camby]

3. Yeah, but this time they're picking on the wrong man....

John Kerry will NOT be giving a gracious loser speech.