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1.25.2005

Whatever Happened to "Count Every Vote"?

Does Jesse Jackson know about this?

MILWAUKEE - The sons of a first-term congresswoman and Milwaukee's former
acting mayor were among five Democratic activists charged Monday with slashing
the tires of vans rented by Republicans to drive voters and monitors to the
polls on Election Day.

Sowande Omokunde, son of Rep. Gwen
Moore, D-Wis., and Michael Pratt, the son of former Milwaukee acting mayor
Marvin Pratt, were charged with criminal damage to property, a felony that
carries a maximum punishment of 3 1/2 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
The activists — all employees of the John Kerry campaign — are accused of
flattening the tires on 25 vehicles rented by the state Republican Party to get
out the vote and deliver poll watchers Nov. 2.
The GOP rented more than 100
vehicles that were parked in a lot adjacent to a Bush campaign office. The party
planned to drive poll watchers to polling places by 7 a.m. and deliver any
voters who didn't have a ride.


I guess not every vote should count after all, in the eyes of the Democratic Party.

Update:

Jim Geraghty (of TKS, nee The Kerry Spot) agrees.

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