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| | Democratic Executive Committee, Sarasota, Florida - Chairman's Note (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) |
 | | It is one of the few states that deny voting rights to ex-felons (600,000 in Florida) who have paid their debt to society, thereby falling far short of allowing everyone to vote. |
 | | Florida is also egregiously out of compliance with the second goal, "every vote counted and verifiable." A number of counties, including Sarasota, use "touch screen" electronic voting machines, which provide no means of verifying that the votes are counted correctly. |
 | | Furthermore, the Florida Department of State is threatening legal action against Sancho, as well as withdrawing over $500,000 in HAVA funds from the county. |
| www.sarasotadems.org /chairNote.html (862 words) |
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