Remember when the Bush/Cheney administration was making plans to cancel the 2004 elections?

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http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_4d8af8ea-cff5-5b26-90b2-49a1e1947db8.html

Voting official seeks process for canceling Election Day over terrorism

By: ERICA WERNER - Associated Press North County Times | Posted: Saturday, June 26, 2004 12:00 am

WASHINGTON - The government needs to establish guidelines for canceling or rescheduling elections if terrorists strike the United States again, says the chairman of a new federal voting commission.

Such guidelines do not currently exist, said DeForest B. Soaries, head of the voting panel.

Soaries was appointed to the federal Election Assistance Commission last year by President Bush. Soaries said he wrote to National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice and Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge in April to raise the concerns.

"I am still awaiting their response," he said. "Thus far we have not begun any meaningful discussion." Spokesmen for Rice and Ridge did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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For those who either forgot or were too young to remember this, this is why it is so important to never let these Republican fascists get in power again? I will never forget the cold chill going down my spine the day I read this headline back in 2004. I can remember not sleeping well that night.

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1. I would recommend this guideline: In case of terrorist attack or other national calamity...

... elections shall be held as scheduled.

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2. Bush/Cheney had 9-11 as precedent.

New York canceled its primaries elections when the WTC was hit.

I could understand postponing for a week or so but not canceling.