I just found this at a very small website called Count the Vote .org <
http://www.countthevote.org/index.htm>
If you ever wondered why we Georgia DU members are sounding so depressed about the future, what is written on the Count the Vote .org home page sums it up well. I'm not sure how old this is, I just wrote to the website to find out and to invite them to join us here at DU:
Since the Georgia Democratic party is refusing to get behind any candidate for Secretary of State (they're concentrating all funds and support on the Governor's race - Cathy Cox) Bill Stephens (the republican candidate for SoS) is a given. Georgia will have our own version of Katherine Harris and Kenneth Blackwell because the DEM party will hand him the office.
The current DEM SoS candidates can't even get party help with fundraising.
In the case of Bill Stephens, one should take great care to understand that this should be a "personal" issue with the Democrats.
You see, Bill Stephens was a Democrat elected in 2002 who switched parties 3 days after being elected with Democratic party funds to give the new governor a majority in the state Senate. For that move, Stephens was given the most powerful spot in the state Senate - Majority Leader. You'd think, after Zell Miller, the DEM party would at least TRY to punish some of these DEMS.............
Now, he's being further rewarded with a more powerful spot in state politics - control of the voting machines.
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http://www.countthevote.org/index.htm>
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Another very interesting article about our struggle with Diebold and it's many Georgia Government shills is at this link:
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http://www.countthevote.org/cathy_diebold.htm>