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To: Ilaine who wrote (39057)	11/19/2000 1:31:52 PM
From: flatsville	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

CB- Really now...I don't know "all about elections." More sarcasm doesn't help the discussion. Frankly, something about this just doesn't make sense to me. Jeff Kahrs, a Republican observing the counting, said he saw between seven to 10 ballots where the chads had been taped. ``The pieces of Scotch tape had been carefully cut with scissors and were meant to cover a precise amount of space on the ballot,'' he said. ``Obviously the ballots have been tampered.'' ``It was clear to me that the Bush hole had been voted and that a chad had been put back over the hole with Scotch tape,'' said Republican observer Elise Kenderian. County Judge Charles Burton, a Democrat and chairman of the canvassing board, said three absentee ballots had been found with tape and were not counted. ``There's been a couple with tape on it,'' he said. ``I don't see that as a big issue.'' He suggested voters may have made a mistake and tried to fix it before mailing the ballots. I have never seen an absentee ballot that required you to cut or punch out a dot or square. The ones I've seen are paper ballots that are marked with a pen or pencil. The statement made by the judge regarding mailing leads me to believe the ballots in question were absentee as well. But, honestly there isn't enough info in the article to draw a conclusion...of any kind...other than you need more info. Shelia, Is there some new kind of absentee ballot out there that requires the voter to make a hole? ------------------------------------------------------------ Re: taped chad: dailynews.yahoo.com. Note Judge Burton's explanation that the taped ballots were absentee ballots. Since you know all about elections, please tell me, do absentee ballots have punch cards?