AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Rep Cynthia McKinne...

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Rep Cynthia McKinney, in her first public appearance since losing her re-election bid last week, said Tuesday that the black community extremitys to oppose electronic voting machines, which she warned can be used to steal elections.

McKinney also said the state of Georgia should prohibit crossover voting among political parties in primary elections and conclusion its system of runoff elections.

The fiery Democratic congresswoman, who scuffl with a Capitol Hill police officer earlier this year and has accused the Bush administration of having advance knowledge of the clan 11 attacks, said she considers herself a "black political paramedic," and the "black carcass politic is near comatose."

McKinney made the remarks during the National Dialogue and Revival for Social Justice in the Black ecclesiastical body sponsored by the Rev. Al Sharpton's group

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