Republicans lose 11th-hour suit challenging Broward voter rolls

[hnsez]

With less than 12 hours before the polls open, Republicans laid the groundwork for a possible legal challenge to the presidential election with an eleventh-hour lawsuit questioning the accuracy of the voting rolls in Broward County, the most heavily Democratic county in Florida.

In an emergency court hearing that ended at 8:30 tonight, Broward County Circuit Judge David Krathen ruled that the suit was groundless and he didn't want to ``micromanage the election.''

The suit, filed late Monday, argued that inaccuracies in the county's voting rolls will raise the possibility of fraud and double voting.

The party also challenged Broward County's procedures for poll watchers, saying that they keep Republicans from adequately monitoring the polls for people who are registered more than once, or who are ineligible to vote because they are felons.

Lawyers for the Kerry-Edwards campaign countered that Republicans could have pointed out potential problems with the voter rolls earlier in the elections calendar, and that Bush attorneys are resorting to last-minute legal maneuvering because they fear that the 2 million people who voted early in Florida are largely Democratic voters.

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/10073037.htm

[awgoodkitty]

1. YEAH!!!

F'em! F'em all! Go Judge Krathen!

Go get 'em Broward County. It's payback time.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

2. Excellent!

[nookiemonster]

3. Karma. It's a bitch.

:kick:

[maddezmom]

4. YAHOOO!

another win for the good guys. :)

[maddezmom]

6. Welcome to DU, hnsez and thanks for the link :)

[Indykatie]

5. Unbelievable

Surely they didn't expect to win this. These silly actions are probably meant to lay the ground work for an excuse to explain the Kerry victory in Fla.

[Rose Siding]

7. The FL Supremes have gone repub since 2000, haven't they?

I think I remember reading that- I know they were fair (good dem representation). If anything gets bumped to a repub court, well...

[clydefrand]

8. Would they try to stop the felons who vote for Bush?

[ryban]

9. frivolous

GOP frivolous lawsuit thrown out? So much for calling him an activist judge.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

10. Yes, more good news!

I actually expected this one but you just never know.

[Massacure]

11. You can only file so much bullshit before you piss off the entire system

This will bite them in the ass when they need it most.

[lovuian]

12. A little to late Republicans!!!

Sorry!!! :bounce:

Jeb Bush look very shaky today!!!

[Gloria]

13. But is this saying "they laid the groundwork" meaning that they

will challenge this ruling AFTER the election????

[burrowowl]

14. YES

that is what it means.
Here is hoping the popular vote for Kerry is BIG so that Repukes will look like dumb a$$es and not SMART ASSES or SMART DONKEYS!

[Bossy Monkey]

15. Kick (cuz somebody replied to mine, which is superceded by this) n/t

[Brundle_Fly]

16. YAHOO

you know Kerry's got my three jotes........ :+