Occasionally, Bless the Foreign Press

In this case, I am grateful to the BBC for pointing out that Jimmy Carter has been speaking out before another outrageous vote debacle occurs in Florida: BBC NEWS | Americas | Carter fears Florida vote trouble.

Excerpts:
[Carter] accused Florida Secretary of State Glenda Hood, a Republican, of trying to get the name of independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader included on the state ballot, knowing he might divert Democrat votes.

He also said: "A fumbling attempt has been made recently to disqualify 22,000 African Americans (likely Democrats), but only 61 Hispanics (likely Republicans), as alleged felons."

Mr Carter said Florida Governor Jeb Bush - brother of the president - had "taken no steps to correct these departures from principles of fair and equal treatment or to prevent them in the future".

"It is unconscionable to perpetuate fraudulent or biased electoral practices in any nation," he added.

"With reforms unlikely at this late stage of the election, perhaps the only recourse will be to focus maximum public scrutiny on the suspicious process in Florida."

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Minus the missing punctuation in British English and my general disdain for their journalistic standards (i.e. news editorializing), I appreciate the BBC for harping on the cruddy situation in Florida.

(Also, Carter wrote this spicy op/ed in the Washington Post.