Florida vote aftermath a disaster, but leaders hopeful

Florida vote aftermath a disaster, but leaders hopeful

by Joe Ruklick

Fort Lauderdale, Fla.- "It's a disaster," said Pastor Janice L. Dillard about the aftermath of November's Presidential Election vote in Florida.

More than 90 percent of the state's Black voters cast their presidential ballots for Democrat Al Gore in the notorious November election, but thousands of their votes were thrown out in what many believe was an effort by voting officials to disenfranchise the state's 2.2 million minority citizens.

As a result of the charges, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights summoned Florida Governor Jeb Bush to Washington for hearings beginning Thursday. The …