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To: sandintoes who wrote (6907)	11/27/2000 5:56:25 PM
From: Jim S	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17683

put people of both parties, maybe I should say all parties, in the polling places as watch dogs Lotsa whoa's there Toes! Maybe they should wear brown shirts with black belts and shoulder straps? Maybe with little lightening signs? <g> Actually, I think if it weren't for the WPB punch cards, it would have been something else -- the cards were nothing but an excuse. I suspect that in almost every state that 1% or so of all votes are messed up in one way or another, and another 5% are subject to manipulation by the vote counters. There's just too much opportunity for shennanigans when custody of the ballots change, they get stored, early voting is allowed in different precincts, different people check IDs and registrations, etc. And since the ballots, whether electronic or physical, aren't serially numbered, the opportunity for counterfeit ballots is always there. No matter what, the system will always rely on fallable and/or unscrupulous people. Mostly Demos, of course. <g> jim