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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (70711)	11/11/2000 8:49:07 PM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

dailynews.yahoo.com "In West Palm Beach, Fla., where officials were attempting a hand count of four precincts, the recanvass moved haltingly. Officials began the day saying a vote would count if they could see light through a punchhole. But then they changed to a different test, based on how thoroughly the voter had punched a hole in the ballot."

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (70711)	11/11/2000 8:50:26 PM
From: Constant Reader	Respond to of 769667

That seems to be the objective. The source is a Reuters report currently available online (link below). In Florida, voters record their votes by punching a square hole next to the name of their candidate on the ballot form. The piece of paper that falls out is called a ``chad''. Many of the disputes in Florida center on whether the hole was properly punched, if the chad remained attached to the ballot or if there is only an indentation in the ballot form. Late in the day, after three hours of counting, the canvassing board liberalized its criteria for counting votes. At about 3:45 p.m. (2045 GMT), the chairman of the county canvassing board, Charles Burton, told his colleagues: ``All we're trying to determine, is if light is coming through.'' But several hours later, the board announced new criteria: if a punched hole has one, two or three of its corners detached, the vote on a ballot will count. And the board announced it would re-examine questionable ballots it looked at earlier. Tucker Eskew, speaking for the Bush campaign told reporters he found the new procedure ``troubling.'' It ``does not inspire confidence in the American people regardless of the details,'' he said. ``This is a grave matter.'' dailynews.yahoo.com