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To: unclewest who wrote (7843)	11/9/2000 5:09:13 AM
From: FaultLine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 22706

unclewest, (my post on the GSTRF thread) Apparently large numbers of people punched first the Buchanan hole, realized their mistake, and then punched Gore's hole, resulting in a disqualified ballot. I don't think people would knowingly submit a ballot with an error on it. More likely they actually thought they were supposed to punch out both holes to the right - one for Gore and the other for Lieberman or some such logic. The ballot: cnews.tribune.com Although not expressly stated, I suggest that of the 19,000 ballots with multiple hole punches for President, the vast majority of the people submitting these mismarked ballots thought they were voting for the Gore ticket. At the same time, each person thought everything was A-OK. If a large number (just more than a few dozen) of similarly and oddly spoiled ballots exists, this would constitute strong evidence that the average person was subtly misdirected into thinking that they had correctly marked their choice. This would be a conclusion impossible to refute in the face of thousands of such spoiled ballots. --FL