Reply #2: Boxer Poses a Challenge, Briefly (at least LAT mentions voting "problems") [View All]

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http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/2004/la-na-electoral7jan07,1,3567899.story?coll=la-politics-pointers
Boxer Poses a Challenge, Briefly
The largely symbolic tactic is followed by Congress certifying Bush's reelection.

By Maura Reynolds, Times Staff Writer

WASHINGTON — To call attention to voting problems, California Sen. Barbara Boxer and an Ohio congresswoman forced a delay of the ceremonial count of electoral votes Thursday in a joint session of Congress called to certify President Bush's reelection victory.

The protests lodged by Boxer and Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, both Democrats, spurred House and Senate debates on voting problems in Ohio, the state that decided November's election. Boxer said her purpose was not to overturn Bush's reelection but, rather, to focus new attention on flawed voting practices. She also said she regretted not raising a similar objection over the Florida results in the 2000 election, which narrowly tipped that year's White House contest to Bush.