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To: Don Lloyd who wrote (36084)	11/10/2000 10:01:56 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

I just took a quick pass through the New York election laws and it looks to me like absentee ballots are supposed to be counted exactly the same as other ballots. New York Consolidated Laws Elections, Chapter 17, Title IV, Sec. 8-412(2).

To: Don Lloyd who wrote (36084)	11/10/2000 10:21:37 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

>>Forged Ballot Sparks Criminal Investigation in Florida NewsMax.com Thursday, Nov. 9, 2000 The discovery of forged ballots in northern Florida has set off a probe of what may have been widespread fraud in connection with absentee ballots in the state. Moreover, the suggestion has been made that the U.S. Postal Service in Miami may have been involved. According to a blockbuster story in today’s Pensacola News Journal, the Escambia County state attorney’s office is heading an investigation into whether the forgery is part of a larger scheme to redirect mailed ballots to someone other than the person for whom it was intended who then filled out the ballot and forged the real voter’s signature. "I agree there may well be more than just this one,'' Assistant State Attorney Russ Edgar, who is heading the investigation, told the News Journal. "That's what I'm thinking right now.'' The investigation was set off by a complaint from Bush supporter Todd Vinson, a 28-year-old law clerk in Miami who is registered to vote in Pensacola. According to Vinson and others familiar with the case, Vinson requested the Escambia County supervisor of elections to mail an absentee ballot to his Miami apartment Oct. 10. When it failed to arrive, he asked for a second ballot on Oct. 24. That also disappeared. Frustrated, Vinson complained to his father, U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson, last Thursday. Judge Vinson then called Jones, whose office reviewed all the absentee ballots and discovered a ballot with Todd Vinson's name on it. When he compared the signature on the ballot to the signature on Vinson's voter registration card, the two did not match. He then faxed a copy of the signature to Todd Vinson. "It was clearly forged,'' Vinson told the News Journal. "Somebody definitely got hold of it and sent it back in. "The question is where did they get it, and my speculation was that it happened somewhere in the post office. It made it down here to Miami, but it never made it to me.'' Jones sent a third ballot to Vinson via next-day mail, and it arrived in time for Vinson to cast a ballot for Bush. Jones then notified the State Attorney's Office, U.S. Attorney Mike Patterson and the Florida Division of Elections. According to Edgar, the signed witness required for all absentee ballots listed a fictitious address. On Wednesday, Escambia County elections officials discovered what appears to be a second forged absentee ballot. It too has been handed over to state prosecutors. Because neither of the ballots has been opened, it’s not possible at this time to report for whom they were cast. State Attorney Curtis Golden told the newspaper that if the Postal Service was involved, his office might turn the investigation over to federal law enforcement officials. Patterson refused to say whether his office is participating in the investigation. He did indicate his office was interested in the matter. "In general, that kind of voter fraud or fraudulent activity surrounding a federal election is something we would be interested in,'' he said.<< newsmax.com

To: Don Lloyd who wrote (36084)	11/10/2000 10:25:24 AM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 436258

>>Palm Beach Poll Worker Describes Pro-Gore Election Fraud A Democratic state senator had voters in Palm Beach County, Fla., instructed on how to cast their ballots for Vice President Al Gore, a poll worker has revealed to NBC News. On Wednesday, Palm Beach County poll worker Bernice Epstein told the network's Greg Jarrett that Senator Ron Klein had her steer votes to Gore. "Ron Klein, our state senator, came to me and told me that when we give out these palm cards, give them out to people, I should tell people that they must be very careful to punch Number 5 [for Gore] because the arrows were misleading," said Epstein. "And when they came out, they thanked me," the poll worker added. "They told me that it was definitely a problem and it would have been." Apparently concerned that the poll worker had inadvertently revealed pro-Gore vote fraud, Jarrett tried to steer Epstein back on course. "You didn't just tell people to punch Number 5," the reporter interjected. "I mean, you were telling people that 5 corresponds to Gore and that other numbers correspond with other candidates." But Epstein didn't seem to get the message, telling Jarrett next, "These people took my palm cards which the political action committee put out." Epstein's account was first broadcast on MSNBC and later picked up by talk radio's Rush Limbaugh, but has been ignored by journalists who have been doggedly pursuing other allegations of voting irregularities that would help Gore. The audio of Epstein's comments to NBC is available on Limbaugh's Web site, rushlimbaugh.com.<< newsmax.com