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To: sand wedge who wrote (7808)	11/9/2000 12:15:26 AM
From: Mike Buckley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22706

sand wedge, I find it hard to believe even a semi conscious person would miss the huge black arrows which pointed to the candidate. Tell me that when you're older with failing eye sight. It is good to know, though, that your comment reveals that you are at least semi-conscious. I was wondering. --Mike Buckley

To: sand wedge who wrote (7808)	11/9/2000 1:22:09 AM
From: tekboy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22706

I find it hard to believe even a semi conscious person would miss the huge black arrows which pointed to the candidate. that's just silly--because the arrows were small rather than large, especially for geezers with bad eyes, but more importantly because there is abundant evidence that more than 20,000 people were confused. The 19k ballots that were disallowed were disallowed because the voters punched the wrong hole, realized their mistake immediately, and punched the right hole afterwards. The abnormally high vote for Buchanan, moreover, can only be explained by the confusion. That it was cluelessness on the part of the voters involved is indisputable, but that the outcome would have been different if each person going into the booth had voted for his/her intended choice is equally so. This is much to do about nothing but will probably change the election results. just the opposite--a real taint on the election (a la Chicago and Kennedy in 1960), but one that will go uncorrected because a) it was unintentional and b) there's no easy way to correct it. ctb/A@usedtobedisgusted,nowjustamused.com

To: sand wedge who wrote (7808)	11/9/2000 4:09:53 AM
From: unclewest	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 22706

I just saw a news report which showed the "butterfly" ballots. I find it hard to believe even a semi conscious person would miss the huge black arrows which pointed to the candidate. This is much to do about nothing but will probably change the election results. cnews.tribune.com; according to one local report....a palm beach socialite with a phd...claimed the ballot confused her. rush limbaugh lives in her neighborhood...i'll e-mail him and ask if he can explain things to her. as long as the masses of plain old dummies like karen and i managed to understand the ballot...no wait...i have a better idea...lets just throw out the entire palm beach county result. i have checked with several neighbors...everyone said they understood the ballot...and did not have a single question about it...and yes...some are demos. be sure and check out the 10th candidate on the list.