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Etats-Unis -
Et si on reportait les élections
présidentielles de Novembre ? - Postponement of the November
presidential election ?...
A
threat to the U.S. election
NYT, the International Herald Tribune 19/07/04
"In 1864, with the Civil War raging, millions of Americans
voted in the presidential election and, as Carl Sandburg wrote, the
balloting went on "in quiet and good order." So it was troubling
to hear reports last week that the Bush administration and a federal
elections body were talking about whether this year's election could be
postponed in the event of a terrorist attack. Fortunately, elected
officials from both parties quickly denounced the idea, and the
administration said a postponement would not happen.
DeForest Soaries Jr., chairman of the Election Assistance Commission, set
off a storm by writing to the Homeland Security Department to express
concern that no agency is authorized to cancel or reschedule federal
elections. Homeland Security was reported to have asked the Justice
Department to consider what steps would need to be taken.
However well-meaning they may have been, the inquiries were greeted with
cynicism. Calling off elections, particularly when the ruling power is
doing the calling off, is the stuff of tin-pot dictatorships. The talk of
postponing elections sent many Americans back to the Constitution, which
delegates to Congress the timing of presidential elections. Members of
Congress, both Democrats and Republicans, made it clear that neither the
president nor the Election Assistance Commission could override this
provision. On CNN, Condoleezza Rice promised that "no one is thinking
of postponing the elections." And Soaries then released his own
statement that there are "no circumstances that could justify the
postponement or cancellation of a presidential election."..."
Terrorism
and the Election: Trial Balloons and Spin
Antiwar 17/07/04
"...The question, based on a faulty premise, pretended to know
something that isn't known. Given that the 9/11 terrorist attacks became
an overnight political boon for President Bush, it would be more rational
to ask how much the Bush-Cheney ticket is likely to gain from a terrorist
attack on U.S. soil before voters pass judgment on Election Day."
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Tuesday
in November
Washington Post 14/07/04
"PERHAPS WITHOUT meaning to, Tom Ridge, the homeland security
secretary, opened an unexpected can of worms last week when he warned of a
terrorist attack designed to disrupt November's presidential election. His
comments -- maddeningly lacking in detail, as always -- immediately
suggested a number of nightmare electoral scenarios. What if a
debilitating attack takes
place the day before
a presidential election? Should the election be postponed? What if
the attack only hits an electorally sensitive city -- Miami, say,
or Cleveland? Can elections be canceled in one place alone? And if
so, do local officials decide, just as local officials decided to
postpone New York City's municipal elections after Sept.
11?..."
Don't
even think about it
SFGate 13/07/04
"OFFICIALS OF the Bush administration are said to be
pondering what power they have -- or should seek -- to postpone
national elections in November in the event of terrorist strikes
aimed at disrupting the democratic process..."
Voting
in the face of terror
USA Today 13/07/04
"Securing elections. If the U.S. were trying to send a signal
that terrorists had won, delaying a national election would
certainly do the trick..."
Officials
to meet on election plans
Ridge is warned attack could disrupt voting
NBC News 12/07/04
"Federal election officials will meet next week with
officials of the Department of Homeland Security to discuss
whether and how they would delay the November presidential
election in the event of a catastrophic terrorist attack, a top
elections official told MSNBC on Monday.
The official, DeForest B. Soaries Jr., chairman of the U.S.
Election Assistance Commission, denied in an interview on
MSNBC’s “Countdown” that federal officials had any plans to
postpone the election, but he confirmed a report in the new
edition of Newsweek magazine that the panel was seeking to
establish a process to do so should it become necessary..."
Exclusive:
Election Day Worries
Newsweek 12/07/04
"American counterterrorism officials, citing what they call
"alarming" intelligence about a possible Qaeda strike inside the
United States this fall, are reviewing a proposal that could allow for the
postponement of the November presidential election in the event of such an
attack, NEWSWEEK has learned..."
"sources tell NEWSWEEK, Ridge's department last week asked the
Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel to analyze what legal steps
would be needed to permit the postponement of the election were an attack
to take place. Justice was specifically asked to review a recent letter to
Ridge from DeForest B. Soaries Jr., chairman of the newly created U.S.
Election Assistance Commission. Soaries noted that, while a primary
election in New York on September 11, 2001, was quickly suspended by that
state's Board of Elections after the attacks that morning, "the
federal government has no agency that has the statutory authority to
cancel and reschedule a federal election." Soaries, a Bush appointee
who two years ago was an unsuccessful GOP candidate for Congress, wants
Ridge to seek emergency legislation from Congress empowering his agency to
make such a call. Homeland officials say that as drastic as such proposals
sound, they are taking them seriously—along with other possible
contingency plans in the event of an election-eve or Election Day attack..."
Officials:
Bin Laden guiding plots against U.S.
Ridge: Terrorists' aim is to influence presidential vote
CNN 08/07/04
"...The planned attack is "an effort to disrupt the
democratic process" before November's elections, Ridge said..."
Distraction.
Propaganda. Roll 'em!
International Herald Tribune 25/06/04
"...What if the U.S. government fails to prevent another
domestic terrorist attack?... Attorney General John Ashcroft
staged one of his elaborate doomsday performances, declaring that
terrorists would "hit the United States hard" - on the
Fourth of July or during the political conventions or on Election
Day or whenever..."
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