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   From: kill@killkill.org   
      
   tomac1947@aol.comspamless (The Old Timer) wrote in   
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   > Just like Hitler declared Martial Law after the Reichstag Fire (which   
   > wasn't phoney, but definately in the Nazis own best interests), I am   
   > afraid that we'll be repeating history in our own country to the best   
   > interests of the NeoCons.   
   >   
   > Voting guide sought in terror wake   
   > By ERICA WERNER   
   > Associated Press   
   > 6/26/2004   
   >   
   >  WASHINGTON - The government needs to establish guidelines for   
   >  canceling or   
   > rescheduling elections if terrorists strike the United States again,   
   > says the chairman of a new federal voting commission.   
   > Such guidelines do not currently exist, said DeForest B. Soaries, head   
   > of the voting panel.   
   > Soaries was appointed to the federal Election Assistance Commission   
   > last year by President Bush. Soaries said he wrote to National   
   > Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice and Homeland Security Secretary Tom   
   > Ridge in April to raise the concerns.   
   > "I am still awaiting their response," he said. "Thus far we have not   
   > begun any meaningful discussion." Spokesmen for Rice and Ridge did not   
   > immediately respond to requests for comment.   
   > Soaries noted that Sept. 11, 2001, fell on Election Day in New York   
   > City - and he said officials there had no rules to follow in making   
   > the decision to cancel the election and hold it later.   
   > Events in Spain, where a terrorist attack shortly before the March   
   > election possibly influenced its outcome, show the need for a process   
   > to deal with terrorists threatening or interrupting the Nov. 2   
   > presidential election in America, he said.   
   > "Look at the possibilities. If the federal government were to cancel   
   > an election or suspend an election, it has tremendous political   
   > implications. If the federal government chose not to suspend an   
   > election it has political implications," said Soaries, a Republican   
   > and former secretary of state of New Jersey.   
   > "Who makes the call, under what circumstances is the call made, what   
   > are the constitutional implications?" he said. "I think we have to err   
   > on the side of transparency to protect the voting rights of the   
   > country." Soaries said his bipartisan, four-member commission might   
   > make a recommendation to Congress about setting up guidelines.   
   > "I'm hopeful that there are some proposals already being floated. If   
   > there are, we're not aware of them. If there are not, we will probably   
   > try to put one on the table," he said.   
   > Soaries also said he's met with a former New York State elections   
   > director to discuss how officials there handled the Sept. 11 attacks   
   > from the perspective of election administration. He said the   
   > commission is getting information from New York documenting the   
   > process used there. "The states control elections, but on the national   
   > scale where every state has its own election laws and its own election   
   > chief, who's in charge?" he said.   
   >   
   > God help the United States!   
   >   
   >   
   >  -- John   
   > The history of things that didn't happen has never been written.   
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   >   
   >       - Henry Kissinger   
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   Oh, shit.   
      
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