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Were you there in Florida in 2000 when the Gore v. Bush voting debacle went down? Do you have a story from a different election? Share your voting experience, and let your voice be heard!
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Re: Share Your Recount Voting Experience
May 25, 2009 12:34 PM
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Oh, I agree that more should be done to make every vote count. To think that mine didn't would certainly discourage me from voting again. If enough people feel that way, the whole process breaks down.
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Re: Share Your Recount Voting Experience
May 25, 2009 12:19 AM
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It was a little obvious the movie was written from the view point of a democrate, but I'm glad it was made!
It's time the election playing field is leveled. Elections rules and voting procedures need to be the same in every state. We should have to use both hand-written and user-friendly computerized ballots. That way, we can still have a paper trail. Also, a U.S. citizen should never lose their voting rights!! I'm pretty sure they still pay some type of taxes (even if it's on a pack of cigerattes)!
In the end Ron Klain was right..."even if you win, you lose". Bush turned out to be a loser.
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Re: Share Your Recount Voting Experience
Jun 12, 2008 5:24 PM
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The movie still didn't answer as much as it left me asking.I came away from it with more questions then I had before.
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Re: Share Your Recount Voting Experience
Jun 5, 2008 8:05 PM
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> Even if you think this movie was slanted there are a
> few undeniable facts it did bring attention too.
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> 1. Trying to discount the military men and women
> votes.
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> 2. Voters being turned away from some precincts.
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> 3. 20,000 list of felons not able to vote.
The script writer is credited for gathering many nuanced elements. But many of these elements are simply overstated and misleading (You cite two of them, voters being "turned away" and the supposed 20,000 people who were improperly listed as felons. See my posts below.)
The film perpetuates the overarching false stories of Florida - That Gore was somehow justified in turning the election on its head as he tried to undo Bush's victory. That Bush was not the actual winner, despite having more votes. That the election was a disaster. That the only way to "save" the election was with manual re-tabulation.
http://www.florida2000election.com
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Re: Share Your Recount Voting Experience
Jun 5, 2008 11:18 AM
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Even if you think this movie was slanted there are a few undeniable facts it did bring attention too.
1. Trying to discount the military men and women votes.
2. Voters being turned away from some precincts.
3. 20,000 list of felons not able to vote.
I am sure there are more but there are a few. You may not agree/disagree with the movie but there were some interesting things laid out on the table for us to ponder.
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Re: Share Your Recount Voting Experience
Jun 4, 2008 4:20 AM
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> Why aren't we able to create our own threads without
> having to respond to "Share your recounting
> experience" What if I didn't have that peticular
> experience? What if I just came here to these boards
> to make a complaint against the film? Why is this all
> one sided? WTF?
Because its HBO. They only want their point of view released. As you have seen, there are plenty of nutjobs who continue to spew the same crap for the last 8 years. They actually believe the contents of a biased movie proves everything they believe.
My recount experience? There are still plenty of nutjobs who still believe Gore won.
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Re: Share Your Recount Voting Experience
Jun 4, 2008 4:17 AM
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> and by the way...Get over it already!! You LOST!!!!
QFE
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Re: Share Your Recount Voting Experience
Jun 3, 2008 9:52 PM
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Why aren't we able to create our own threads without having to respond to "Share your recounting experience" What if I didn't have that peticular experience? What if I just came here to these boards to make a complaint against the film? Why is this all one sided? WTF? HBO has gone bonkers!! Aren't they the ones who did a movie not too long ago about John Adams who stood for freedom of speech? HBO obviously has taken advantage of that right with their untrrue version in the movie Recount and HBO is being hypocritical when they only post questions slanted for their own agendas! Sickening!! No wonder the Movie's ratings were so low. Karma..ain't it a bitch? LOL
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Re: Share Your Recount Voting Experience
Jun 3, 2008 7:40 AM
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> I think this election is simple. Bush stole the
> election. I will run down the obvious reasoning for
> it, sorry if it seems repetitive but it is the simple
> truth.
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> 1. Over 20,000 voters were denied access to voting
> because they were considered falsely to be "felons".
> 10,000 of them were African Americans. Who do African
> Americans generally vote for?
This presentation in the film was sadly biased and misleading. It was meant to hurt Katherine Harris, yet had nothing to do with Gore's quest for recounts in Democrat counties.
To throw out an inflated number like "20,000", as the film does, is misleading, especially when ignoring other relevant information (For example, each "felon" was notified they would not be able to vote prior to the election.)
The felony purge problem likely resulted in a few people who were prevented from voting on Election Day - Indeed a tragedy of bureaucracy, but not some grand conspiracy. This film is only concerned with supporting Gore's quest for dimples.
It's hard to steal an election when you are the one with the most votes.
http://www.florida2000election.com
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Re: Share Your Recount Voting Experience
Jun 3, 2008 7:13 AM
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> I have a simple question I'm hoping someone can
> answer: In the scene of the movie when Palm Beach
> County's Theresa LePore (the one responsible for the
> design of their butterfly ballot) opens the greeting
> card & it reads "Your going to die tonight," did the
> producers purposely misspell the word your
> here to take a jab at the Republican intellect? Or
> was there really such a card? Just curious...
Generally, the threats to Theresa LePore were likely from hysterical Gore voters who were angry because they thought the election was a sham. They were told their votes were in jeopardy, and that the ballot made them vote for the wrong person. (I can't say with certainty about the specific greeting card in the film, other than the film got a little "loose" with the facts.")
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Re: Share Your Recount Voting Experience
Jun 1, 2008 9:33 PM
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I think this election is simple. Bush stole the election. I will run down the obvious reasoning for it, sorry if it seems repetitive but it is the simple truth.
1. Over 20,000 voters were denied access to voting because they were considered falsely to be "felons". 10,000 of them were African Americans. Who do African Americans generally vote for?
2.Dubyas brother is the govenor of the state of Florida.
3.Kathleen Harris is a known republican who was heading parts of Bush's campaign.
4. Many of the supreme justices who stopped the recounting were put on the bench by republicans and were republicans themselves.
This is all you need to consider when thinking about this election. If Dubya would have asked for a recount do you think that the Supreme Court would have put a stay on that and stopped it. Highly doubtful. But we are left with what we have.
Thanks to Bush and the results of this election we have a crumbling economy, a war with no end in site with may people dead, joblesness at an all time high and poverty, our enviroment in shambles and people who desperately need health care not getting it while the rich get their healthcare no matter what their condition. Ah you gotta love it. Thats Dubya for ya. Cant wait for January. I have my calender ready.
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Re: Share Your Recount Voting Experience
Jun 1, 2008 3:29 PM
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and by the way...Get over it already!! You LOST!!!!
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Re: Share Your Recount Voting Experience
Jun 1, 2008 3:27 PM
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After watching theis movie in it's entirety I can see why the ratings were so poor. Unbeliveable lies were told. I truly hope HBO is sued by the people they so poorly and unfairly portrayed. I hope Kevin Spacey and Laura Dern never work in Hollywood or anywhere ever again. They should be ashamed of themselves for being involved in such a hate filled propagandist movie. I'm cancelling my HBO and never looking back.
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Re: Share Your Recount Voting Experience
May 31, 2008 5:37 PM
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I have a simple question I'm hoping someone can answer: In the scene of the movie when Palm Beach County's Theresa LePore (the one responsible for the design of their butterfly ballot) opens the greeting card & it reads "Your going to die tonight," did the producers purposely misspell the word your here to take a jab at the Republican intellect? Or was there really such a card? Just curious...
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Re: Share Your Recount Voting Experience
May 31, 2008 2:38 PM
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I commend HBO for putting together this film. It is obvious that the people of this country weren't clear as to the extent of the numerous 'cover ups' put forth to secure Bush's presidency. Katherine Hill should have been removed from office and the people of the Unted States of America should have been better informed at the time of this corruption. It seems the voter officials in Florida were incompetent in performing any duties and tasks required to ensure a FAIR and LEGAL election. It is unfortunate to know that our country's leaders are not selected by the people but by numerous LOOPHOLES in our system.
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