Joe Cunningham: “I have no doubt that some citizens were disenfranchised, many of those in Florida. But I also know that I thought it was…”

“I have no doubt that some citizens were disenfranchised, many of those in Florida. But I also know that I thought it was a travesty for the Gore and the Vice President candidate to try and disenfranchise our military vote in Florida as well through technicalities. A Federal law says that you do not require a postmark because an FPO or APO many times, our military, are not able to get there. But yet the Gore and Vice President candidate tried to send lawyers to disenfranchise on technicalities those votes. Also, the State law says that you have to have a date on it. The absentee ballot that was sent out by Florida did not have a date on it. I do not know about you, but if it does not have a date on there, I am not going to add it. Yes, across this country, we need a fair vote system. I do not reject that. But what I do reject is people trying to make political points, coming down, saying that the election was stolen.”