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To: wsringeorgia who wrote (36493)	11/11/2000 9:42:23 PM
From: tigerman77	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

holy cow get up and dance we have a new president !!he he this should get a good laugh out of everyone..... dovewinds.com

To: wsringeorgia who wrote (36493)	11/12/2000 9:11:53 AM
From: flatsville	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

wsr-- Thanks for the explanation. The more I read, the more I'm convinced punch ballots are open to more confusion and fraud than should be tolerated. I've used both methods you've described and prefer the infra red reflection/black line method. This may also explain why there are nearly 100,000 ballots cast in one area where the machines completely missed the vote cast for president. The machines did however pick-up and tabulate the votes for other offices/issues. Not much has been said about this. In fact, I'm not even sure where it occured (appears to be state-wide, but particularly noticeable in Duval Co.) I've seen mention of the problem in at least one news story. washingtonpost.com There were also a surprising percentage of ballots in some counties that did not reflect a vote for president--more than 100,000 statewide, even while they voted in the lower races. In Duval County, where Jacksonville is located, more than 9 percent of the ballots had no presidential vote. "I don't have an answer," said Dick Carlberg, assistant Duval election supervisor. "That seems awfully high--9 percent without a vote." One reason for the no-vote ballots could be the failure of voters to push a complete hole through the computer punch-card ballots. The only way to determine whether a voter indeed voted but failed to make a sufficient hole is through the laborious procedure of having the ballots recounted by hand by a bipartisan committee to determine the voter's intent.