Kerry Asserts Votes Were Suppressed
Former Democratic candidate John Kerry took the occasion of Boston's annual Martin Luther King, Jr. breakfast to state that "thousands" of votes were suppressed in the November 2004 general election. The Boston Globe has this story. Kerry cited the long lines at predominantly Democratic polling places, misinformation about which polls to show up and questionable decisions by "some election officials" particularly in Ohio. (Hmmm, wonder who he could be talking about?) Yet Kerry maintained, correctly in my view, that these differences weren't likely enough to swing the election. Massachusetts' Republican Governor Mitt Romney, who attended the event, acknowledged that "there are many improvements to be made in our electoral process." But, predictably, Gov. Romney said he's at least as concerned about ineligible people voting.
- posted by Dan Tokaji @ 10:23 PM