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To: U Up U Down who wrote (68432)	11/10/2000 11:56:19 AM
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Vote irregularities not confined to Florida By DEBORAH HASTINGS, Associated Press (November 9, 2000 5:33 p.m. EST nandotimes.com) - Ballot boxes that didn't work, lines that were hours long, employees who were surly, and a marauding bear that had to be shot. It was a long day for a lot of folks. With every single ballot being scrutinized in Florida, thousands of Americans elsewhere are complaining that they desperately wanted to vote on Tuesday but couldn't. ---- Robert Povilaitis, a former Chicago police officer, thinks the foul-ups may be more than bureaucratic blundering. Chicago, after all, is a city where the dead have been known to vote. "If it looks like a rat and smells like a rat, it's a rat," said Povilaitis, who said he updated his driver's license and his voter registration last year. His name, however, was nowhere to be found on Election Day. "It makes you feel like a victim of a crime, because you don't feel it was a mistake." Election and law enforcement officials are investigating. Federal attorneys are being asked to investigate allegations of voter fraud in St. Louis, after the Democratic Party asked that poll hours be extended because of long lines. Under court order, the polls remained open an extra 40 minutes, when a federal appeals court ordered them closed. Republican Sen. Christopher Bond of Missouri said that trying to keep voting places running past closing time was "criminal." nandotimes.com