Archive for July, 2004

The pattern is unmistakable and indefensible: Florida does its best to discourage certain groups from voting. Here’s another example: The sign that Pasco election officials stick in grass outside polling places reads, “Photo and Signature Identification Required.” It might seem straightforward – state law says voters are required to show their ID before casting their [...]

UPDATE: Piggie Pics (in reverse chronological order, for some reason… I’ll fix later, or not…) More Pics Here SP Times shows some love Another mention in the SP Times (this makes 3 that I’ve seen!) Complete Piggie Coverage Here, including the Ybor Pig v Pig story! (See “Pigs will be Pigs”) Well, as many of [...]

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is meeting to investigate Florida’s failed felon purge list. They’re interested in finding out how the list ended up so error ridden, and they would really like to know what, exactly, is gonna happen now that each county is free to use the list or not as they go [...]

According to reliable sources, the TrueMajority Pig Mobile will arrive in Tampa on Friday, a full 2 days ahead of schedule, and just in time to meet President Bush in downtown Tampa.

Once again, the state is sued to force it to do the bare minimum required by law to assist someone who is attempting to reintegrate into society. Once again, the state loses, but no one’s holding their breath waiting for Jeb! to actually start complying with another court order regarding Florida’s racist disenfranchisement rules. (Actually, [...]

Having spent $2 million to create and defend a secret voter purge list of black Democrats, only to abandon it as the light of day exposed its many flaws, the state is still fighting with the NAACP to keep over 1,200 ex-felons from the polls. You’d think that they woulda learned by now, but with [...]

SP Times: Even with new chief, election doubts linger Critics complain that new touch screen voting machines lack a paper trail for manual recounts, a glitch in some machines was fixed only recently, and thousands of petitions have been sent to the state urging a return to paper ballots. And Saturday, Secretary of State Glenda [...]