Recall and prosecute Katherine Harris - for crimes committed against the citizens of Florida

Recall and prosecute Katherine Harris - for crimes committed against the citizens of Florida during her term as Secretary of the State.

1. Mis-use of Taxpayer Funds

Harris visited eight countries on 10 foreign trips, staying at luxury hotels at taxpayer expense during the first 22 months in office & spent over $106,000 then went on to increase to $3.4 Million with a request from Harris for over $5 Million in 2002. The creation of the group (international relations), which was not discussed publicly, was buried on page 363 of the 420-page recent state budget. (CBS News July 1,2001)

Katherine Harris stiffed the Florida taxpayers for the cost of trips that were for her personal enjoyment and pleasure (Haircuts in Paris, etc.).

Voter Fraud

Ms. Harris blatantly used racist tactics to rescind voting rights of innocent African American & other minority voters and thereby set the stage for voter fraud that originated with a list which she accepted from Texas, illustrating the intent to aid and abet the George Bush campaign in usurping our rights to select our president.

Democrats.com has documented 14 official crimes by Katherine Harris for the Stolen Election http://democrats.com/display.cfm?id=246 They also documented other crimes including violations of state travel regulations, personal use of government resources, fraudulent record keeping, violation of Inspector General Law, & the firing of her inspector general after he refused to change a report on the department's financial operations.

Harris hid the conduct of her office during the campaign & recount allowing partisan politics to take place in her office. She covered up of her crime by placing new operating systems on computers. Broke Florida's Sunshine (public records) law by withholding documents from journalists

2. Neglect of Duties as Secretary of State

(St. Pete Times 8/4/02) Katherine Harris is the first secretary of state in Florida history who could credibly claim ignorance of the state's election laws as an excuse for fouling up her own election plans. Even when she was seeking the office four years ago, she made it obvious that she was more interested in culture and trade, tangential aspects of the job that required her to do little more than travel, smile and attend innumerable receptions.

Harris' consistent rulings on behalf of George W. Bush's campaign (election 2000) were based on factors other than her thorough analysis of Florida election law. The leadership of the free world wasn't affected by the Division of Elections' foul-up of filing fees that caused more than 100 candidates' paperwork to be declared invalid at the last minute. Harris, typically, was nowhere to be found during that most crucial week in the election process. (St. Pete Times 8/4/02)

Harris was allowed to back date her resignation so she could qualify to run for Congress once again proving there is a whole other set of laws if you are wealthy.

(From Salon): Fast-forward two years. There's another close race in Florida. This time, younger brother Jeb is fighting to fend off a challenge from Bill McBride for the governor's race. The Nov. 5 face-off could again come down to thousands, if not hundreds, of votes.

Eventually the list will be fixed, state officials have promised, in accordance with a settlement with the NAACP in its civil rights suit against Florida following the 2000 election. But not until the beginning of next year -- and after Jeb Bush's reelection bid is long over. (Salon.com 2002)

AND the election (S-election) that would send Katherine Harris to Congress.

A signal has been sent to the nation that voter fraud in coming elections is guaranteed unless the people who have planned & carried out these frauds are stopped now. Missing voting equipment, touch screen machines with no means of vote verification & voter roll purges are just the tip of the iceberg in the massive voter fraud that is sure to continue unless we demand that our elected officials do the job they were elected to do and to rid ourselves of those known to have participated in the past frauds. We deserve honest elections.

Katherine Harris should be prosecuted, convicted & imprisoned for the above mentioned crimes. Ms. Harris's assets should be seized to reimburse the state for mis-used funds and to reimburse the citizens of Florida for the salary paid to her for a job that she not only did not fulfill, but instead slandered the good name of the State of Florida with her criminal actions.

We the undersigned call for the Attorney General of Florida to bring charges against Katherine Harris, and other Florida parties who have who have participated in a campaign to usurp the voting rights of residents of Florida, including but not limited to Jeb Bush, Clay Roberts, et al.