Freedom Lawyers of America

> San Francisco, California September 21, 2003;
>
> The 9th District Court ruled today the October 7th, 2003 recall vote in
> California will be held as scheduled but without the use of punch card
ballots.
>
> Apparently the ACLU argument that a majority of Californians are not smart
> enough to use a punch card ballot held up. The court ruled that punch
card
> ballots should be replaced with a show of hands. To vote yes on the
recall
> the voter will raise their right hand to register a no vote the left will
> be raised. Polling locations will be supplied with rubber stamps and ink
> pads. There will be only two authorized stamps an R for the right hand
and
> an L for the left. Only stamped hands will be counted. Voters should go
> to their designated polling location early on October 7, 2003 to have
their
> hands stamped then immediately return to their residence. At exactly
> 12:00PM noon all voters should stand in front of their residence with
> either their right or left had raised.
>
> The vote count will begin at exactly 12:00 noon starting in Mexico City
and
> working north from there.
>
> Voters are reminded to remain standing with their hand raised after they
> have been counted due to the possibility of a re-count. Switching of
hands
> is strictly prohibited. Once a hand is raised it must remain raised until
> the election is over. PPP's (Polaroid polling places) will be set up in
> strategic locations around the state and in the less accessible areas of
> Mexico. Absentee voters should locate the nearest PPP and have their vote
> recorded.
>
> Persons with only one arm will be permitted to have both sides of their
> hand stamped. R will be stamped in the palm of their hand and L on the
> back of the hand. The vote counters will travel the state in teams that
> include persons fluent in all seven languages that California ballots are
> normally printed in. Each team will include interpreters to enable team
> members to communicate. The Spanish vote will be recorded in Spanish, the
> Chinese in Chinese, the Korean in Korean and so forth. Also as has been
> the tradition for many years in California the illegal alien vote will be
> counted illegally and included in the total.
>
> The Governor was quoted to comment "I hope it doesn't rain and wash the
> stamps off".
>