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To: Freedom Fighter who wrote (85473)	11/15/2000 9:13:53 AM
From: Don Lloyd	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

Wayne - pbcelections.org PRESIDENT & VICE PRESIDENT Precincts Counted 531 100.00% Absentee Precincts Counted 106 100.00% Registered Voters 656694 100.00% Ballots Cast 461988 70.35% PRESIDENT & VICE PRESIDENT George W. Bush & Dick Cheney 152846 35.36% Al Gore & Joe Lieberman 268945 62.21% Harry Browne & Art Olivier 743 0.17% Ralph Nader & Winona LaDuke 5564 1.29% James Harris & Margaret Trowe 45 0.01% John Hagelin & Nat Goldhaber 143 0.03% Pat Buchanan & Ezola Foster 3407 0.79% David McReynolds & Mary Cal Hollis 302 0.07% Howard Phillips J. Curtis Frazier 188 0.04% Monica Moorehead & Gloria La Riva 103 0.02% Back To Top UNITED STATES SENATE Precincts Counted 531 100.00% Absentee Precincts Counted 105 100.00% Registered Voters 656694 100.00% Ballots Cast 461978 70.35% UNITED STATES SENATOR Bill McCollum 154528 35.47% Bill Nelson 269835 61.94% Joe Simonetta 2952 0.68% Joel Deckard 1282 0.29% Willie Logan 4385 1.01% Andy Martin 1033 0.24% Darrell L. McCormick 1623 0.37% If 3407 votes is an incredible total for Pat B. in Palm Beach county, how do you explain the vote totals for the Senate race where there are 5 candidates nobody ever heard of but who all received between 1033 and 4385 votes? Regards, Don

To: Freedom Fighter who wrote (85473)	11/15/2000 9:18:29 AM
From: BSGrinder	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

Wayne, I heard a voting technology expert on the radio discussing the ways that machines misread ballots. It was a pretty impressive list of possibilities, including humidity and bending of the cards. He reminded us that we use machines because they are faster, not because they are more accurate. /Kit