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To: Bill who wrote (79826)11/17/2000 2:28:36 PM
From: benwood  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769667
 
chads... yawn. The Klingon's just fall off.

That guy with the votomatic, that wasn't Gore. Calling him as an operative only holds up here. Sure, I wonder what HE was up to, but he's not Gore. Clinging to stories like that to allay personal fears that your guy lost the vote but got the state anyway?

The latter... I hadn't heard. Intent, however? 14-hour daze, etc. That's the main problem with all the recounts, even the scanned system has it's human error problem with recounts.



To: Bill who wrote (79826)11/17/2000 2:29:39 PM
From: Master (Hijacked)  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769667
 
Hi E,

Can you please post a link to that story?

Thanks

Vince



To: Bill who wrote (79826)11/17/2000 2:35:00 PM
From: JDN  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769667
 
Dear E-Bill: Last night two more Democrats were found with a voting machine attempting to sell it on EBAY. They were arrested and are in the Palm Beach County Jail right now. JDN



To: Bill who wrote (79826)11/17/2000 2:46:47 PM
From: Master (Hijacked)  Respond to of 769667
 
cnn.com

Two men arrested for theft of Palm Beach County voting machine

November 17, 2000
Web posted at: 12:46 a.m. EST (0546 GMT)

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (CNN) -- Two men were arrested on Thursday for stealing one
of Palm Beach County's voting machines, complete with its controversial "butterfly" ballot, and
trying to sell it on the Internet.

A news release from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement said the men tried to sell the
machine and ballot on the Internet auction site eBay for $2,000.

The FDLE was notified of the Internet
advertisement by Palm Beach County Elections
Supervisor Theresa LePore.

A law enforcement special agent responded to
the Web posting, posing as an interested buyer.
In a phone conversation about the sale, one of
the suspects upped the price on the machine
and ballot to $20,000. The agent asked to see
the items before purchase, and met with two
men on a street corner at 5 p.m. EST.

At that meeting, the two suspects displayed
the goods and negotiated a price of $4,000 to
complete the sale. FDLE special agents then arrested Mark Bruce Richter, 41, and Steven
Robert Solomon, 43, both of Lake Worth, Florida.

Both are charged with unlawful possession of a voting machine, which is a felony, and dealing
in stolen property. In addition, Solomon is charged with possession of a firearm during the
commission of a felony. Agents found a 40-caliber semiautomatic pistol in his fanny pack.

In interviews after their arrests, the men said the voting machine was stolen from the Winston
Trails Clubhouse in Lake Worth on Thursday, November 9. It was being stored there until
workers from the elections department could pick it up.

The men were booked into the Palm Beach County jail.