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Politics : Why is Gore Trying to Steal the Presidency? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (2080)	11/23/2000 10:39:39 AM
From: sandintoes	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 3887

How fitting that it is Illinois...

To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (2080)	11/24/2000 6:31:20 PM
From: lml	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3887

Another good article. Brian. You're on a role here. It is quite probable that dimpled ballots will declared indeterminate unless there is convincingly clear evidence other than the dimple itself to indicate the voter's intent. I just heard on TV some former Palm Beach Co. supervisor claim that the likely culprit is the ballot machine itself, and how the first two columns might have been worn out. To make this claim without the slightest bit of evidence is disingenuous and illustrative of the Democratic spin on the issue of the integrity of hand-counting dimpled ballots. As I see it, unless there is some extraordinary evidence to supplement a dimpled ballot, there is absolutely NO WAY for a canvassing board member to determine true voter intent. To now blame the problem on the machine for the failure of a ballot to be fully punched through is ridiculous and not based in law until proven that such circumstances existed with these UNTAMPERED machines in a court of law. It seems as though the election officials in PBC now want to shift blame or fault away from the voter, and to the election equipment. At issue before a court, would not only be the equipment, but each individual dimpled ballot that supposedly is deemed to be counted. Obviously, SOME STANDARD needs to be established here, and not one based at the local county level.