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To: Joe NYC who wrote (127681)	11/9/2000 11:07:28 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570342

Since you are in the Northwest, what's going in Washington and Oregon with mailing in the ballots? It seems to be a very retarded way of doing things. I hope no other states adopt this way of voting. Joe, It was OR and not WA that adopted the mail-in policy. At first the new plan worked better...more precincts were in faster in OR than WA or CA...but then a wall was hit around 80% and things slowed down....I imagine the count won't be over until tomorrow. But what does it matter; its FLA that holds the balance. And there, its looking more and more like voter fraud. The Republicans will not get the White House easily if at all after this fiasco. I wonder now who Bush was calling so frantically after the networks called FLA for the democrats. ted

To: Joe NYC who wrote (127681)	11/9/2000 9:04:48 PM
From: ptanner	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1570342

Joe, Being one of those Oregon "mailin voters" (I dropped mine off on Tuesday) I am not impressed with the speed of the count. They claim it was due to the turnout (about 82%) but it was actually lower than projections (85%). This is the first high volume mail-in election and I do like this system. The voters pamphlets were about 300 pages and there were more than 20 ballot measures. Including one which passed which has an estimated financial impact comparable to the state's general fund. Guess folks either didn't read that part. For additional information here is the local editorial against the measure: The concept is good: government compensation to property owners when a rule reduces the value of private property. In practice it may be impractical (consider zoning regulations). Anyway, Oregon now shows a small lead for Gore (2,000 votes) but the progress of the last precincts is pathetic. Especially as Bush's lead diminished and then disappeared so it seems likely the recent tallies have been from more urban precincts. I believe some rural areas are also outstanding but have no real data. I will try to see if the local news has any info on why it is so slow - online I have not found any good sources. And all of this doesn't really matter since it is now Florida.... and the recounts are showing such significant (>10) modifications it raises concerns about the process far more than the results. While Oregon is the only mail-in state I have read that the use of "permanent absentee" voting is on the rise. Internet voting would be nice but I would be very concerned about privacy and wonder how this could be ensured. (Assuming there were no hidden microcodes on my last ballot... ;-) -PT