Must be easy to steal voting machines in Florida...
11/17 16:29
Men Arrested for Stealing Palm Beach Ballot
Machine, CNN Says
By Amy Strahan
Washington, Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Two men were arrested yesterday for
stealing a Palm Beach County voting machine and attempting to sell it online at
eBay, the Cable News Network reported.
A Palm Beach County election supervisor notified the Florida Department of Law
Enforcement when she discovered the machine for sale, CNN said. An
undercover law enforcement officer posted a message pretending to be an
interested buyer. When the officer then called about the prospective sale, the
men upped their asking price to $20,000.
The undercover agent met with the men to see the machine and ballot and
negotiated the price back down to $4,000 before arresting them last night, CNN
said.
Unlawful possession of a voting machine is a felony, the news network reported.
According to the Florida police, the men confessed to taking the voting machine
from the Winston Trails Clubhouse in Lake Worth, Florida, on Nov. 9, where it
was being stored until workers from the elections department could pick it up,
CNN said.
The accuracy of the machines and Palm Beach County's controversial ``butterfly
ballot'' are critical in the U.S. presidential election stalemate between Republican
George W. Bush and Democrat Al Gore.
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