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Grand Theft America: NAACP v. Harris (Updated)

UPDATED: November 8, 2003, to update the docket sheet as well as add links to certain selected documents.

Most important is the settlement with the Secretary of State, although another intriguing item is a series of notices of unsealing. Some parties had submitted documents under seal, which are due to be unsealed shortly. Here is a sample. I'm not sure what the material to be unsealed consists of, but it may be interesting if it was initially filed under seal.

I was surprised to note nobody seems to be following the NAACP civil suit against Katherine Harris and other similar crooks in Florida, so I decided to put up the docket sheet from NAACP v. Harris, Case #: 01-CV-120.

While I don't have many of the associated documents, the ACLU has the complaint here, and the docket sheet should at least be of interest if for no other reason than having a synopsis of events and dates as well as names of lawyers and parties. (The complaint is also available in PDF format here.)

I would hope people would take more interest in this case, considering that it is about what is supposedly a sacred right in our society, the right to vote, and how it was stolen without so much as a whimper from the so-called "liberal press."

If you don't realize exactly what happened that led to this suit, read Greg Palast.

For a simpler but no less compelling explanation, see Grand Theft America, a Flash animation by Eric Blumrich.

The ACLU's website notes the case was settled, which appears from the docket to have become final on September 19, 2002. Here is that settlement, although it should be noted that there were settlements with other parties at earlier dates, most notably the settlement with ChoicePoint, the company originally responsible for the deliberatly tainted "felon list."

Again, other selected documents are available.