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Nationalelectionis Unfinished Matter Thursday November 16, 2000 Section A Campus Ledger " * _ ■ _ _____ Mwk.kwKf "_ "_i irr " " Lucky DeBellevue " Capture the flag has Women's team pre- gives pipe cleaners new been reborn; paintball is _H__VpE pares for repeat of last meaning in his exhibit makingits presence felt. year's championship. _u H at theGallery of Art. A4 , "A B6 _B B2 National election is unfinished matter RobertHki.mer ingin from overseas(dueNov.17). which histori- Reporter Staff cally tend to be Republican. ._____■ £_____ ___r^ _ In Douglas County, voters began receiving Painfully close national elections have unusual phone calls early Tuesday morning. A drawn high voter turnout and a storm of contro- man, claiming to be working for the Kansas versy. The presidentialrace now hingeson Flori- Democratic Party, told voters their voter registra- da;more than a week after the election,the battle tion cards would be required in order to vote, between Vice President Al Gore and Gov. warning that violation of state election laws was George W. Bush continues incourt over recounts serious business. Kansas, however, operates on of ballets in four counties. The contests for the an honor system; voters are not required to pre- 3rd Congressional district inKansas and the Sen- wr^^ \\M^ sent any identification at the polls. ate seat held by John Ashcroft in Missouri The Kansas Democratic Party has denied reflected the national trend of tight races with the any connection to the phone calls. Though a candidates fighting right up until thepolls closed. Republican misinformation plot is appealing to The Bush-Gore campaign has effectively conspiracy theorists, no evidence of Republican split the American popular vote. Ralph Nader, involvement has been uncovered. The Kansas who drew much of his support from college stu- Board of Elections is investigating. dents, failed to reach hisgoal ofpulling 5 percent On the other side of the border, the election _____ _ _____ _m _i'' m __________! ____________ of the popular vote; other third party candidates of the late Mel Carnahan has been tainted by such as Pat Buchanan (Reform) and Harry accusations of impropriety. Mid-afternoon, citing Brown (Libertarian) failed to break the one per- high voter turnout. Democrats sought court cent level. _■ ___mr M_-_-_t ___ j orders to extend poll hours in Kansas City and The Gorecampaign, citing confusion by vot- tfU_ St. Louis to 10 p.m.; polls were scheduled to __JP ■ _1^ a _[ _>-_ ers over the "butterfly" ballot used in several l____r """N I _ close at 7 p.m. The request was granted in St. h *** __» 1--1 I I ■__ Florida counties,requestedmanual recounts.The __ *_?■_ 1 A__r^_\\ _W >_> « ' ITY Louis and denied inKansas City. _9 .LC jJ _bh _9_T ___ B_^ aC* <X> 1^ i 1\\ ballots, which list candidates on both sides of the Republicans responded by seeking a page, may have led some voters to mark their counter-order to close the polls at the scheduled vote for Reform candidate Pat Buchanan when time with the Missouri State Court of Appeals;a they weretrying to vote for Gore. court order was issued and the polls closed at Republicans have charged that manual 7:55 p.m. undermine objectivity of machine ________ migifc Ashcroft, who lost his recounts the a __r^ V l f^^ Incumbent Sen. John recount, arguing that machines are neither # v _. __. V » reelection bid by 2 percent of the vote, has pub- Republican nor Democratic. In the hand count- __T ~~aaa_____r M. '■'■"^_ ___^^ licly stated he would not support legal action ing process, election officials examine each bal- concerning the polling controversy. Ashcroft, lot to determine the intent of the voter. Criteria, however,doesn't speak for all Missouri Republi- however, vary from precinct to precinct, which cans. some fear may leadofficials to freely "interpret" Sen. Kit Bond gave a fiery speech denounc- the ballots. ' ing the Democratic attempt to give what he -flj ■_ VuA / \ \ On Nov. 14, a state judge upheld the sched- described as unfair access to the election process uled deadline for counties in Florida to turn in to certain voters. The urban areas of Kansas City strongholds. final tabulations by counties by 5 p.m. These GraphicIllustrationbySean Sullivan,AJ Vanderhorst,MicheleVieux and St. Louis tend to be Democratic totals should include all votes except those com- At press time, no legal action had been initiated. State-wide elections a Honors scholars host circus in KC, St. Louis democracy discussion George DavidLinhardt Hillary might be interested in run- thought the Democrats would gain Schuez cynicism," said Ryan Kriegshauser. a stu- Staff Reporter Staff Reporter ning for president. inboth Houses. dent of the forum. "I think [cynicism] is Other local elections found On the Missouri side, the race one of the biggest things weneed to over- 7 brought stunning SueGamble (R)crushingRon Pat- for governor was extremely close. the most part, American youth come." Kriegshauser also expressed concern cliffhangers to local voters: ton (D) in the race for Kansas Amid a fiery denunciation by Sen. seem apathetic and uninterested in m;iss media on the polit- races undecided until late Boardof Education in the 2nd Dis- Kit Bond (R),372polling places in the political process. Youth-oriented about the effect of Nov. For ical process and the presentation of politi- into the night, accusations of vote trict, 71 percent to 29 percent. Oth- Democrat-dominated portions of institutions such as MTV have attempted calcandidates. fraud and an increased Republican er Louis, Mo., received a court numerous times to "Rock the Vote" and GOP school board winners St. Frost went on to ask the students for majority in the Kansas Legislature. polls past the 7 encourage youth to participate in American include conservative Steve order keeping open specific examples that suggested amore Abrarns, closing politics, withoutmuch success. At the forefront of the drama and moderates Carol p.m. deadline. powerful grip on rhetoric betweenGore was Dennis Moore's (D) an later, Presidential campaign strategists still Rep. Rupe and Bruce Wyatt. Bill Approximately hour and Bush. three percent victory over Kansas Wagnon was the only Democratic- an appeals court reversed the order don't recognize youth as an influential vot- ing bloc capable of tipping an election. "I believe that the Democrats have a Rep. Phill Kline (R). winner. and closed the polls. However, good handle on rhetoric," said Kay Considering youth are not typically devot- very Early returns and exit polls Now with a heavily moderate Kevin Coan, St. Louis GOP direc- Stone, another student the foi _m. "They ed to a party line, the power of youth to of showed Kline with a fluctuating slant,oneof the board's first issues torofelections,believes somepeo- to pull at heartstrings [for instance influence an election does exist. Still, tend the lead, occasionally as large as six will likely be Kansas' science stan- ple attempted to vote even at 8:30 with) the welfare ofour children." young voters were not expectedto turn out percent. Asprecinct reports flowed dards. In August of 1999, Linda p.m. Rebecca Cook, Missouri Sec- concern inlarge numbers for this year's presidential Students also addressed the of in, the race flip-flopped and gave Holloway lead the vote to alter the retary of State, will study whether promoted election. whether the candidates had Moore an 11 to 12 point lead. standards, clearing several men- vote fraud occurred during the each other, if this had a However, not every young person in hatred toward and Moore's strong showing in Wyan- evolutionary theory. Hol- events. on public image. tions of America is unwilling to leam the functions detrimental effect their County nearly loway by governor- body language in the dotte offset Kline's was defeated Gamble in Talent conceded the of the American political system, and stu- "I think the Nov. a lot of hate between the equal strengthinJohnson County. the GOP primary in August amid ship to Holden 8. dents participating in an honors forum debates showed (candidates)," Mueller,a Moore's second term in Con- emotional propaganda on a nation- dubbed, "In Search of Solutions,"are here two said Anna representing _ the forum. "I think it's horrible gress Kansas 3rd al level aimed atboth sides. to prove it. student in ■- ' ■ !—,.._ .. .. ... they to each other and in District came through his courting Abrams, one of the conserva- f Ruth Fox, coordinator. Honors Pro- would show that am^ public." of moderates in Johnson County, tives now in the minority on the gram, and Jeff Frost, professor,math, orga- front of the Cindy Carlson, another student who and his lopsided wins in Democ- board, has pledged to work with _mm$mk **r * nized the forum. participated thediscussion,disagreed. rat-rich Wyandotte County. How- the newmakeup. t ___ lik OnOct. 31,in 232CC.theforum host- in _ W*_\\ "It seems like there's been a real big ever,polls showed many Republi- Thefinal surprise Nov. 7 came . tmA flT ed a discussion on democracy open to all push to not have personal attacks and not cans splitting their ballots by vot- when voters shocked Kansas _____■ students at thecollege. *W--\ negative," said like ing for Gov. George W. Bush for Democrats by giving the GOP two Fox began the discussion with an be Carlson. "It's almost [the are afraid to attack each president while choosing Moore more state House seats, raising the overview of the forum's format, which candidates! out out. They don't want to seem for a second congressional term. already sizable GOP majority to throughout the semester has included dis- other and mean, Iguess." Money also became an issue 79-46.
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