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Swann asserts pride in voting record
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| Contributor | SC Moose |
| Last Edited | SC Moose Feb 20, 2006 01:42pm |
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| News Date | Feb 20, 2006 01:40pm |
| Description | Despite having missed 20 of his last 36 chances to vote in an election, Lynn Swann said yesterday he was "very proud" of his voting record - and would take no more questions about it.
"I'm not worried about my voting record; I think the issues that face the state of Pennsylvania go well beyond anyone's voting record," the Republican candidate for governor said after an appearance at Montgomery County Community College in Blue Bell.
The Inquirer reported yesterday that since 1988 Swann failed to vote in 13 of 18 party primary elections and in seven of 18 general elections - this despite once criticizing people who do not exercise their right to vote.
"If you don't take part in the process and you don't vote, then I am not willing to listen to your complaints," Swann said in the October 2004 interview with the Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Swann drew attention yesterday to the fact that he had voted in nine of the last 10 general elections. Since 1996, he missed only the fall election in 2003.
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