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With Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff
For the story behind the story...
Friday. Dec. 1, 2000, 4:40 p.m. ET
Gore Helped in Florida by Thousands of Illegal Votes
Thousands of Florida felons who likely voted for Vice President Al Gore on Nov. 7 may be responsible for the photo-finish presidential race in that state - and the election crisis that now holds the country in its grip.
In just 12 of Florida's 67 counties, "at least 445 felons voted," the Miami Herald reported on Friday. Since 1868 it has been illegal for felons to cast ballots in the Sunshine State.
"The Herald review included counties where voter lists could be obtained - about 8 percent of the 5.9 million votes cast on Nov. 7," the paper said. "If the pattern found in the study is the same statewide, more than 5,000 felons likely cast illegal ballots."
Florida's significant felon vote was first reported by the Herald on Nov. 18, when it discovered 39 felons listed on Broward County voting rolls as having cast ballots. At the time, the paper estimated that statewide the number of felons who voted could be as high as 2,000.
Broward County's 39 voting criminals had rap sheets that include convictions for murder, rape, drunk driving and passing bad checks.
Of that number, 32 were registered Democrats - or a total of 82 percent. Only four of Broward's voting felons - just over 10 percent - were registered Republicans.
If those percentages are representative of statewide totals, the number of felons who voted as registered Democrats may as be as high as 4,100, boosting the vice president's final vote count in Florida significantly.
With Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff
For the story behind the story...
Friday. Dec. 1, 2000, 4:40 p.m. ET
Gore Helped in Florida by Thousands of Illegal Votes
Thousands of Florida felons who likely voted for Vice President Al Gore on Nov. 7 may be responsible for the photo-finish presidential race in that state - and the election crisis that now holds the country in its grip.
In just 12 of Florida's 67 counties, "at least 445 felons voted," the Miami Herald reported on Friday. Since 1868 it has been illegal for felons to cast ballots in the Sunshine State.
"The Herald review included counties where voter lists could be obtained - about 8 percent of the 5.9 million votes cast on Nov. 7," the paper said. "If the pattern found in the study is the same statewide, more than 5,000 felons likely cast illegal ballots."
Florida's significant felon vote was first reported by the Herald on Nov. 18, when it discovered 39 felons listed on Broward County voting rolls as having cast ballots. At the time, the paper estimated that statewide the number of felons who voted could be as high as 2,000.
Broward County's 39 voting criminals had rap sheets that include convictions for murder, rape, drunk driving and passing bad checks.
Of that number, 32 were registered Democrats - or a total of 82 percent. Only four of Broward's voting felons - just over 10 percent - were registered Republicans.
If those percentages are representative of statewide totals, the number of felons who voted as registered Democrats may as be as high as 4,100, boosting the vice president's final vote count in Florida significantly.