Democratic radio response focuses on Ohio presidential vote

[kuozzman]

http://www.eyewitnessnewstv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2679721

Democrats say they want to make sure every vote was counted in last month's presidential election -- especially in Ohio.

The Democratic National Committee has formed a panel to look into possible voting problems in the Buckeye state, which President Bush won by more than 100-thousand votes.

In the party's weekly radio address, Democratic operative Donna Brazile says there's no place in democracy for faulty equipment, untrained poll workers, long lines and "any forms of chads." She's referring to the bits of paper that came off some of Florida's punch-card ballots in the 2000 presidential election.

Brazile chairs the D-N-C's Voting Rights Institute. She says there's too much disparity between rich and poor communities when it comes to reliable voting systems.

[ohioliberal]

1. Boy is she right

about the disparity between rich and poor communities.

[Blue in the face]

2. Does this mean they are going to start publicizing this???

[Pithy Cherub]

3. Missed opportunity to speak to the Election System as a whole:

electronic voting issues, the corporate ownership of elections and how those issues are prevalent in Ohio 2004. Telling the election system story in the context of all of the lurid Ohio examples would bring more attention.

Grateful for a mention at this point!

[4democracy]

4. Keep up the heat on the DNC! Their future is at stake, too.

[warbly]

5. no chads but....

no paper trails on the touchscreen machines? That's what we got last time the dems started complaining about chads, an infinitely less secure voting system. I really hope the dems get it this time.