58,000 absentee ballots in Broward County Florida have DISAPPEARED

[HeldsBelds]

This could cost Kerry the state. Broward is the most democratic county in Florida.

How the hell did something like this happen? It's absolutely insane.

http://www.local10.com/politics/3854230/detail.html

[Zayin]

1. Business as usual on Jeb's watch

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

2. Has this been emailed to MSNBC, CNN, etc?

[fryguy]

5. how about to election lawyers?

this is florida's last chance, if they screw this up i say cut them out of the union - i'm sick of this crap

[chiffon]

3. WTF!!!!

This is total BS to the nth degree.

[fryguy]

4. i feel sick.....

seriously, where are international election monitors when you need them to address issues like this in the banana republic that is Florida?

[Zen Democrat]

6. At least these weren't completed ballots.

They were the blank ballots being out to voters. Voters not receiving their absentee ballots can still vote early or on Tuesday.

Of course this affects people who are homebound, but hopefully most of these potential voters will manage to get to the polls.

No doubt that Jeb is behind this. And no doubt there's more to come.

[ixion]

7. and so it begins

I can only hope the Kerry campaign does not wimp out like the Dems did in 2000. They need to fight this, and fight it hard.

[havocmom]

8. If not mailed as scheduled: federal election laws would seem to come

into play. If mailed and they (all 58,000) just didn't get processed/delivered, seems election laws AND federal laws pertaining to the US Mail would be involved. FL DEM party needs to fire up the law team and bust some asses NOW

[fishnfla]

9. hey thats not what the story says

and your thread title dont match the headline either.

[Moderator]

10. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=934584&mesg_id=934584