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Date Posted: 18:42:25 06/22/02 Sat
Author: Tweety
Subject: Since WE is away for the weekend anyway.....

Jeb Bush, Harris Blast Rights Chair
Fri Jun 21,10:58 PM ET

MIAMI (AP) - Gov. Jeb Bush and Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris criticized the chairwoman of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission on Friday for saying they have not done enough to ensure the state's flawed presidential election isn't repeated.

Bush called Mary Frances Berry's commission "a badly discredited institution," and said it was reopening a controversy that "most Floridians have long forgotten."

George W. Bush, the governor's brother, won the White House in 2000 after a partial recount of the state's ballots.

"Florida is indisputably a national leader in election reform," Jeb Bush said, saying the state will spend $30 million to ensure future elections run smoothly. "The commission appears stubbornly determined to ignore the progress our state has made."

A statement issued by Harris' office said Berry "maintains the absurd pretension that she possesses the moral authority to speak regarding the fairness of elections in Florida."

"Florida remains the only state in the nation that has passed and funded comprehensive election reform legislation," Harris said.

Berry, who was in Miami to assess legislative and policy changes adopted since the 2000 election, had said Thursday she believes the election reforms go only about a third of the way toward addressing problems the commission examined after the U.S. Supreme Court stopped the recount.

When contacted Friday, Berry said she was "flabbergasted" by Harris' comments.

"We are sounding an alert and hoping she and other officials get the system fixed," she said.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=696&e=1&cid=548&u=/ap/20020622/ap_on_el_ge/civil_rights_florida_2

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That sounds like the crap Harris and Bush would hand out on this subject. -- Cari, 20:35:58 06/22/02 Sat