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Democrat
Mayor Switches to GOP
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Gore's 'Despicable Act' to deny military voting rights
12/3/2000
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El
Cajon, CA - Democrat Mayor Mark Lewis of El Cajon, CA, has
announced he is switching his party registration to to the Republican
Party. Lewis plans a press conference at 10:00am on Sunday,
December 3, 2000, in San Diego.
Lewis, in making the switch, will discuss Vice President Gore's
attempts to deny the absentee votes of American servicemen and
servicewomen to be counted in the Florida primary election:
In a prepared statement, Lewis said, "Over 600,000 servicemen and
women gave their lives in this last century to ensure American
freedoms, including our fundamental right to vote. It is a
despicable act to deny these brave people this same right. I can
no longer consider myself a Democrat when the leader of the Democratic
Party, supported by other elected Democrat officials take this
position. This is the final straw. I didn't leave my party
- my party left me."
Lewis is the Democratic mayor of El Cajon, San Diego County's third
largest city, and a member of the California Democratic State Central
Committee.
Also attending the press conference will be Congressman Duncan Hunter
(R-El Cajon) and Assemblyman-elect Jay LaSuer (R-La Mesa).
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