by
Linda Pascatore on 15 July 2004
According
to a recent Newsweek article, the Homeland Security department
has asked the Justice Department what would have to be done
to give the agency the power to postpone elections in case
of a terrorist attack.
This is an ugly and dangerous development. Will the agency
then consider just the imminent threat of an attack sufficient
to suspend our presidential elections?
First we had Bush’s “court appointment”
to the presidency in 2000, which later counts revealed that
Gore had won. Then it was the continued election irregularities
in Florida under his brother Governor Jeb’s watch in
which thousands of eligible voters are being disenfranchised
(most of whom are black, poor and likely to vote democratic).
Then the looming fraud involving electronic voting machines
with no paper trail and no possibility of a recount.
This is the last straw. We cannot allow Congress to enable
the president or the Homeland Security Department to postpone
or cancel elections. This idea represents a much greater and
more present danger to democratic process than any from Al
Qaeda. We must stand up and defend our democracy now!
Check out the Newsweek article at:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5411741/site/newsweek/
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