furniture & accessories
in tears after leaving the vot-
ing booths there. "This was
very upsetting. People started
crying, saying, 'I voted for
Want to get ahead in politics? Then
Buchanan,'" she said. "I
W consider getting active in the
think it's a terrible disgrace.
National
Council of Jewish Women
Somebody has to stand up
(NCJW), a group that fared extraordinarily
somewhere about this. I'm
well in last week's elections in Florida.
an optimist; I believe the
Five NCJW leaders were elected to state
truth will come out."
offices last week when Floridians marked
Some people at Kings
their ballots, including the infamous "but-
Point realized they had made
terfly'
ballots that confused thousands of
a mistake and asked the site's
Palm
Beach
County residents.
supervisor for help, Ed
Former
NCJW
president Nan Rich won
Levins said, adding that tem-
her bid for the state legislature; so did
pers flared when the supervi-
Cindy Lerner, an NCJW state public affairs
sor told them there was
chair. Deborah Wasserman Schultz, a for-
nothing that could be done.
mer state representative, is now moving up
"I really feel for these peo-
to the state Senate.
ple. They find out they voted
Two other NCJWers — former NCJW
for the wrong person and
State
Public .Affairs Chairwomen Eleanor
nothinc, can be done," he said.
Sobel
and Stacy Ritter — were re-elected to
"Quite a few of the older
their posts in the state legislature.
men who came to vote were
"For a lot of us, when we finish our
so proud that they were
terms with groups such as NCJW, it's just
wearing their medals and
natural for us to continue our advocacy in
combat ribbons that they
the legislative arena," Ritter said.
earned during World War
State governments, she said, are increas-
II," he said. "They were part
ingly
the venue where issues that NCJW and
of the group of people that
other
Jewish
groups care about the most —
[television newsman] Torn
including
gun
control, child care and
Brokaw called 'Our Greatest
women's reproductive rights — are decided.
Generation.' To deny these
"Those are the issues I worked on with
men and women their vote is
NCJW, and they the ones I will be dealing
a great injustice."
with in the Florida legislature," she said.
Adding insult to the injury,
One active member of the Jewish group
say many residents, is the
did
not fare as well. Elaine Bloom, a
unflattering media coverage
Democratic
state representative, lost her bid
that has focused on Palm
to
unseat
Rep.
Clay Shaw, a Republican.
Beach County voters, paint-
But
the
race
was
still considered too close
ing them as seniors too sun-
to call by the networks this week, and it
baked and dim-witted to
could end up in the courts. E
understand a simple ballot.
"For the men who put
— James D. Besser, Washington Correspondent
their life on the line and for
the women who worked the
munitions factories building
Overseas Vote
the ships, planes and tanks for their
Democrats and Republicans are also
sons and husbands, to be made fun of
closely monitoring the absentee ballots
and joked about by the media is
trickling into Florida from overseas,
embarrassing and a poor example for
which, although traditionally come
our young people," Ed Levins said.
from military members who favor
"As far as I am concerned, the peo-
Republicans, could swing Florida's
ple of Palm Beach County have
vote toward Al Gore because of the
brought to light the problems in using
several thousand ballots requested by
the present antiquated methods of vot-
voters in Israel.
ing. The over 19,000 discarded votes
But some Floridians aren't so sure if
were comprised of people of all ages
the confusion warrants a revote. "I do
and races, from every walk of life.
not believe in rerunning the election,
"Hopefully, something constructive
said a senior at the Kaplan Jewish
will be accomplished so that this will
Community Center in West Palm
never happen again."
Beach, who asked not to be identified.
Meanwhile, the nation waits for the
"I am for Gore, but I don't think
courts to decide whether Palm Beach
there is any indication of fraud. I
County will have to hold a revote
think people should have read the bal-
before the next president is
lot better." El
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