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To: TimF who wrote (127975)	11/10/2000 11:17:51 AM
From: stribe30	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1570636

Twfowler quoted from another site:"...here are the facts " Republican facts maybe: I prefer calling them opinions "1) a similar number of ballots were invalidated in Palm Beach county for the same reason in 1996." Not true.. the actual count according to the Democrat senator representing that area said it was only 7000 votes or so.. not the 14-16000 that Republicans claim "2) a democratic election supervisor approved that ballot" That doesnt excuse anything; the fact is..an official thru incompetence or ignorance potentially violated Florida election laws which dis-enfranchise thousands of voters or cause others to vote for candidates they didnt want to vote for.. Remember.. the citizens are the ones suing; just because a Democratic official approved it doesnt make it any less wrong. "3) it is the same ballot used in prior elections" Not true.. this ballot was the first time its been used in this particular county; it wasnt used in the rest of FLorida.. and it hasnt been used for about 10 years.. Now we have evidence that on election day that the chief polling person there issued a memo to her polling booths people warning them that the ballot was causing confusion and such.. this was before all this brouhahah happenned.