The first legal challenge has been filed in the Florida House race to fill Katherine Harris' old seat. Democrat Christine Jennings' campaign filed a lawsuit to make sure that all the voting machines and documents remain in their exact election day condition during the recount. Also of concern to Jennings, who trails Republican Vern Buchannan by 373 votes with over 18,000 electronic votes still unaccounted for, is the fact that Republican Secretary of State Sue Cobb has hired FSU professor Alec Yasinac, a self-proclaimed Republican activist to double check the touch-screen results. According to an article in the Miami Herald, Yasinac might not be the most impartial observer to oversee this process:
...Here's what he told the Tallahassee Democrat [newspaper] on Dec. 3, 2000, while wearing a "Bush Won" sign on the steps of the Florida Supreme Court: "I'll never be a passive political participant again."
Remember, the machines used in Sarasota County did not leave a paper trail. So are we to leave it to the likes of Alex Yasinac to decide what to make of 18,000 under-votes?
Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 1)
1. Here we go again, another potential solen election! Is there no honest people in Fla?
Liam Andrews at 12:30PM on Nov 15th 2006
2. DOES ANYONE THINK THIS IS ODD THAT THE VERY SAME PEOPLE WHO SCREWED UP THE 2000 ELECTION ARE USING THE COURTS ONCE MORE?
I RECALL THESE PEOPLE DID NOT WANT A RECOUNT WHEN IT INVOLVED THE LOWLY POSITION OF PRESIDENT, BUT NOW: IT'S A RACE FOR THE HOUSE THAT MUST BE RECOUNTED?? IF THEY BELIEVE THEIR VOTING MACHINES HAD PROBLEMS; DOES THAT MEAN THE OTHER RACES NEED RECOUNTING, AS WELL?
Dennis J. Imondi at 2:07PM on Nov 15th 2006
3. MY NEPHEW COULD RUN AN ELECTION BETTER THAN THE PEOPLE IN POWER IN FLORIDA, AND HE'S ONLY TWO YEARS OLD!
IS IT THE STUPIDITY OF FORMER GOVERNOR JEB THAT HAS PASSED BY OSMOSIS TO THE REST OF THE POLITICOS IN FLA. THAT MAKES CHOOSING ONE PERSON OVER ANOTHER SO HARD FOR THE PEOPLE OF FLORIDA TO ACCOMPLISH?
Dennis J. Imondi at 2:05PM on Nov 15th 2006
4. Seems to me it's brother like brother, the only way they can win is to steal it.
Vic at 3:07PM on Nov 15th 2006
5. I see that Florida still can not do a single thing right !! For me , this was their very last chance !! I will nnever tolerate another Stolen Election in Florida ever , ever , ever again !!
Now , as a private Citizen I may not have much power in the eyes of all of those GOP Neo NAZIs !! However , I do control my own purse , and , I will NEVER , NEVER , NEVER ever Buy Anything From Florida ever , ever , ever again !!
And , if I do , even if only by mistake , May The Goddess Strike Me Dead !!!!!
Brian Napier at 4:33PM on Nov 16th 2006
6. More moonbat conspiracy theories! Why don't we recount Montana and virginia? Keep cryin', moonbats
will at 5:27PM on Nov 19th 2006
7. Why is it that Republicans that lose by a slender margin can do so with grace and class, but let a Democrat lose a close election, and the whining doesn't stop even after the election is certified by the counties involved, and the state elections people.
And the Democrats convieniently forget about how the last election for governor in Washington state was "stolen" by Gregoire and her party hacks in King County.
Don't come to me with your rants about "stolen" elections. I don't want to hear it.
Ken at 8:50PM on Nov 16th 2006
8. Hey, folks!
You cannot generalize about Floridians! There are some stupid people here, as everywhere! Trying to "punish" the whole State (As Brian Napler states) sounds even more stupid.
By the way...Fowler comes from this State, and he help the Dems more than anybody else!
So. let's thank this wonderful Sunshine State for all the contribution to the elections! :-)
Fernando Levy at 10:18AM on Nov 17th 2006
9. It's a pity, the people in Florida cannot be satisfied with ANY voting system.
Royce at 11:23AM on Dec 5th 2006
10. Elecric Voting ,needs to go .
WE NEED PROOF FROM PAPERWORK ,VOTERS FILLED OUT ,A CPOY.
THIS ELECTRONIC Voting underminds the credability of VOTES being counted and stored .
repuplicanse will do and have doe so ,to steel the ELETION ,AND DOING IT ELECTRONICLY IS ONLY AN INVETATION OF DESEATER .
Is it so hard in this day and age to have a Voting system wich everybody can feel there VOTE IS COUNTED FOR.
We are not a 3 th Nation that we can not do what is right for THE CITYCINS AFTER ALL WITH OUT US VOTING ,WE WOULD HAVE A "DICTATOR SHIP.
BUSH IS LEADING US IN THAT DIRECTION .
THEA SCHLOSSER
THEA SCHLOSSER at 4:22PM on Jan 15th 2007