>From: Jabou Joh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: McKinney Won the Democratic Vote! >Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 16:40:17 EDT > >Yes Habib, a real shame the way this turned out, but I think the saddest part >of it is that she was trying to do the right thing, and the other candidate >that won was just being used and did not seem to mind that. >The boys have been back to school in Tennessee since Aug 12. and the girls >think they are all grown, that is until they need money or get into a sticky >situation that mom can help with. (LOL) >I am sure this story is familiar to you too. > >Jabou > >In a message dated 8/27/2002 6:03:23 PM , [log in to unmask] writes: > > > > > Jabou > > > > We all know that Cyntia won . GW Bush manupalted this one again . > > > > What a shame > > > > Thanks for the foward > > > > Habib > > > > ps how is back to school ? an empty nest again !! > > > > in all Md school started today / > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: Jabou Joh > > >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list > > >To: [log in to unmask] > > >Subject: Fwd: McKinney Won the Democratic Vote! > > >Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 13:32:29 EDT > > > > > >In a message dated 8/27/2002 4:31:38 PM , [log in to unmask] writes: > > > > > > > > > > McKinney Won the Democratic Vote! > > > > > > > > McKinney's opponent, Denise Majette, received 49,103 votes from > > > > traditionally > > > > Republican voting precincts in North DeKalb and 2,145 votes from > > Republican > > > > leaning precincts in Gwinnett County, totaling 51,248 votes. She > > received > > > > a > > > > total of 68,612 votes. Therefore 74.69 or 75 percent of the oppositionâ > > €™s > > > > votes came from the northern and Republican part of McKinney's > > district. > > > > > > > > South DeKalb is the base of the traditional Democratic vote in the 4th > > > > District. Denise Majette received 17,364 votes from South DeKalb, which > > > > > > totaled 25.3 percent of her total vote. Majette carried only one > > precinct > > > > in > > > > South DeKalb by a margin of 24 votes (North Hairston). > > > > > > > > Of the 76 precincts in North DeKalb, 54 were carried in the November > > 2000 > > > > election by the Republican opposition and therefore can be classified > > as > > > > Republican precincts. The opposition carried all 54 precincts. > > > > > > > > Twenty-two of the 76 precincts in North DeKalb were carried by Cynthia > > > > McKinney in the 2000 general election. However, in the 2002 Democratic > > > > primary, they were carried by the opposition suggesting Republican > > > > crossover. > > > > > > > > In the 2002 Democratic primary election in DeKalb County, there were > > > > 116,544 > > > > Democratic ballots cast while there were only 6,886 Republican ballots > > cast > > > > suggesting that Democrats voted approximately 17 times more often than > > > > Republicans which is unlikely. > > > > > > > > In the 2000 Democratic Primary, there were 54,861 ballots cast while > > there > > > > were 116,544 ballots cast in the 2002 Democratic Primary, which is a 47 > > > > > > percent increase. > > > > > > > > Republicans telegraphed via the media their intentions to intervene in > > the > > > > Democratic primary with no response from the State or National > > Democratic > > > > leadership. > > > > > > > > It is clear that Congresswoman McKinney won the Democratic vote. > > > > Republicans > > > > do not have the right to determine the outcome of a Democratic Primary > > as > > > > they did in Congresswoman McKinney's race. Therefore, the outcome of > > this > > > > election is not only a travesty of justice and a perversion of the > > > > democratic > > > > process, but stands alongside the Florida 2000 debacle as just as i > > > > llegitimate. > > > > > > > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L > > Web interface > > >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > > >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: > > >[log in to unmask] > > > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: Click Here > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To > > unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web > > interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To > > contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: > > [log in to unmask] > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~