I hope that everybody who is eligible will vote today. I also hope that those who are ineligible or filed fraudulent registration cards stay away from the polls. This is too important to allow political operatives with an inappropriate agenda to cause problems with the count.
Now for some interesting items.
+Tires Slashed on GOP Vans in Wisconsin
(CNSNews.com) - Republicans reportedly plan to file a formal complaint Tuesday about an apparent effort to keep Bush supporters away from Milwaukee-area polls. Wire reports said someone slashed the tires of 30 vans Republicans had rented as part of their get-out-the-vote effort. The vandalism happened outside Republican headquarters in downtown Milwaukee, press reports said.
Vote Fraud in Philadelphia? Maybe Not, DA Says
(CNSNews.com) - Philadelphia District Attorney Lynne Abraham is casting doubt on reports that electronic voting machines recorded hundreds, maybe thousands, of votes -- before the polls opened in Philadelphia on Tuesday. Abraham was quoted as saying that the machines have two counters, one of which records the number of votes cast during the lifetime of the machine. She said that "lifetime" number apparently confused some poll workers, who erroneously thought it indicated votes cast on Election Day. Philadelphia Mayor John Street said he's concluded that "it would have been impossible" for anyone to have cast votes before the polls opened. He said reports of the vote fraud were false and malicious and "calculated to create confusion." Speaking on Fox News, Mayor Street called the incident an attempt to "cast a cloud over this election in preparation for what might be legal action at the end of the day. I believe that this could not have been an honest mistake."
+Bush Leads in Midnight NH Voting
(CNSNews.com) - The first Election Day votes were cast moments after midnight in two small New Hampshire communities, and the final vote tally shows President Bush leading Sen. John F. Kerry, 35 votes to 21. In tiny Dixville Notch, President Bush won 19 votes to Kerry's 7; and in Hart's Location, it was 16 votes for Bush, 14 for Kerry and one for Ralph Nader. In 2000, both communities backed Bush over Democrat Al Gore. The Bush victory gives Republicans bragging rights until the rest of the nation's votes are counted.
I understand that this small New Hampshire town plays an important role in the Primary, but I am not sure of its roll in a General Election. If this trend continues, the pollsters were completely wrong about New Hampshire or respondents lied to pollsters.
+Republicans Warn of Democrats' Election-Day Shenanigans
(CNSNews.com) - Brace yourselves for the Democrats' "Election Day litigation strategy," the Republican National Committee is warning American voters. As soon as the polls open Tuesday morning, the 10,000-plus lawyers retained by Democrats "will systematically file litigation to change the rules in battleground states across the nation" -- to "create a sense of chaos," the RNC said in a statement. According to the RNC, Democrats will argue that every provisional ballot should be counted -- despite questions about their legality and voter registration fraud. Republicans say the Democrats' Election Day litigation strategy has three primary objectives.
Republicans Warn of Democrats' Election-Day Shenanigans -- 11/02/2004
+Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has refused to uphold a lower court ruling to abolish "challengers" from polling places. Stevens believes he has the power to do so, but has faith in elected officials and poll workers to responsibly to their job in screening voters.
Democrats believe that GOP challengers will attempt to suppress the vote. The GOP says that an Ohio law allows challengers. According to that law challenges must be made on Election Day.
GOP May Put Vote Challengers in Ohio Polling Places -- 11/02/2004
More later.
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