Monday, July 12, 2004
Election Postponement: Not Just For Conspiracy Theorists, Anymore!
If it's possible that we could see an attack that would actually postpone a national election for the first time in our 228-year history, then how can Bush, Ridge, etc. actually claim that we're winning the war on terror???
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. officials have discussed the idea of postponing Election Day in the event of a terrorist attack on or about that day, a Homeland Security Department spokesman said Sunday.
The department has referred questions about the matter to the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel, said spokesman Brian Roehrkasse, confirming a report in this week's editions of Newsweek magazine.
Newsweek said the discussions about whether the November 2 election could be postponed started with a recent letter to Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge from DeForest Soaries Jr., chairman of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission.
I even heard the comment from a radio commentator that "every polling place could be a target." What better way to prevent high voter turnout (which incidentally, favors Democrats) than to let people believe they could actually be KILLED while going out to vote!
We had an election in 1864, I'm sure won't need to delay one in 2004...That is unless Kerry snags a bigger lead in the polls. Then, who knows?
"The election is a necessity," Lincoln said. "We cannot have a free government without elections; and if the rebellion could force us to forgo, or postpone, a national election, it might fairly claim to have already conquered us."
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