Posted by: McQ on Saturday, March 08, 2008 Of all the options I've heard for allowing Florida Democratic primary voters to re-do their primary, this may rank right up there with the worst: Florida Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson tells NEWSWEEK he has spoken to the Florida Democratic Party about launching a soft-money fund-raising campaign for the benefit of a new mail-in primary, which would supercede the controversial Jan. 29 vote.PACs, or lobbyist money, would be used to pay for a mail-in primary. Mail-in. No chance of fraud there, huh? So the best the Dems can come up with is letting lobbyists pay for a potential fraudulent mail-in election which is most likely to be hotly condemned and contested by the loser? A Republican dream come true. And, of course, right now there's a little problem about doing a mail-in primary. It's against the law. But obstacles remain. McLaughlin notes what he calls "tiny" provisions in Florida law that prohibit a mail-in election to determine a nominee. But Florida's legislature is currently in session, and could weigh in on such procedural hurdles.Perhaps the reason it is against the law is because the potential for fraud is so high. But hey, if we can get the lobbyists to pay for it, what's a law? And, of course, there's the potential for Republicans to cause a little mischief, and obviously that would seem to be much easier in a mail-in vote than an actual, physical vote. Yup, these same folks who are planning this little beauty also want to take over your health care. Encouraging, isn't it? |
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