Looks like it takes a former president to point out the flaws in the efforts to get Florida back in the game with equitable and fair elections:
“The disturbing fact is that a repetition of the problems of 2000 now seems likely,” Carter wrote in The Washington Post. He called Florida election officials “highly partisan” in favor of Republican President Bush and charged them with “brazenly violating” basic tenets of fair, unbiased and trustworthy elections.
Florida officials said they were stunned by the tone and sweep of Carter’s criticism and that Carter had erred in his characterization of the state’s election process. Others said that Carter’s staunchly partisan work on behalf of John Kerry, the Democratic presidential nominee, called his criticism into question.
Of course Florida election officials would be stunned. It’s not like they’ve done anything to disenfranchise minority voters who are likely to vote Democrat. Oh no, not at all.
Of course, our fine Congress was too busy pursuing other important, pressing business of the day rather than look at these issues.