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

To: Tom D who wrote (3036)	11/30/2000 7:27:39 AM
From: Cola Can	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3887

Please produce a link to substantiate this claim. I have caught you before making up statements about "Most Democrats think Al Gore should concede...". You were unable to document your assertion. You haven't caught anything Tom. Most places only keep a week of news to search back. To go back further cost. You know that. The information WAS in the news. You think you are slick to say "produce a link" to a new article that is over 2 weeks old. Second, I'm not going to weed through 3 weeks of news articles that contain "second", "butterfly" and "ballots" to please you, who would not accept the link to begin with. Third, you need to spoon feed yourself. Fourth, the article WAS posted in this thread or the other thread. Fifth, why have you forgotten so quickly? Sixth, I'm going to start charging you people to go back and look up a 2 to 3 week news article. I don't work cheap either. MY time is more valuable than to spend it spoon feeding a lazy democrat. Have I made myself clear, Tom?

To: Tom D who wrote (3036)	11/30/2000 7:37:07 AM
From: Cola Can	Respond to of 3887

There have been first, second, third, and fourth graders tested on these butterfly ballots and have had no problems. Here is a link to some fourth graders. worldnetdaily.com Now, that'll be $250.00 for my news retreival services.

To: Tom D who wrote (3036)	11/30/2000 7:41:55 AM
From: Cola Can	Respond to of 3887

Here's another article Tom Article 1 of 1, Article ID: 2000316090 Published on 11/11/2000, ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION ELECTION NOTEBOOK: BUTTERFLY BALLOT FLIES WITH GA. 2ND-GRADERS That so-called butterfly ballot may have been confusing to the grown-ups in Florida, but some second-graders in Leesburg, in southwest Georgia, made it look like child's play. School psychologist Ron McGee asked the 8-year-olds at Lee County Elementary to vote for their favorite Disney character, using a ballot similar to the one that has caused controversy in Palm Beach County, Fla. Now, do you think you can go to the ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION and find the rest of the article? Another $250.00 :)

To: Tom D who wrote (3036)	11/30/2000 7:46:31 AM
From: Cola Can	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3887

Do you want any MORE articles Tom? Did that document it enough for you? This news has been all over the country. As I said Tom, you thought you were slick in wanting me to go back and find a news article from the past three weeks, when the news has been readily spread and well known. This is a lot like Gore causing delays then blaming it on others. You hope others are too stupid to know what is going so you attempt to "imply" it never happened. Too many people are too well informed now Tom. The democrats have been exposed for what they are.

To: Tom D who wrote (3036)	11/30/2000 8:48:12 AM
From: JLIHAI	Respond to of 3887

The elementary school kids tested with the butterfly ballot were choosing their favorite Disney character. It was on all the news stations in New York several days after the election, when voter confusion was the hot issue. As for internet links, I don't know. It's probably archived in the network websites.

To: Tom D who wrote (3036)	11/30/2000 11:08:26 AM
From: ThirdEye	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3887

Tom, I do believe Cola's assertion about 2nd graders using the butterfly ballot is correct--BUT, there is a big difference between what people do when they punch the ballot and what is recorded when the ballot is machine counted. That's where the error occurs. And the inventor of the butterfly ballot recently went to Florida to inform as to why the erros occur. His patent was bought by a company that has changed the original design or used materials other than those originally intended, which has increased the error rate.

To: Tom D who wrote (3036)	11/30/2000 11:25:30 AM
From: oaktownaj	Respond to of 3887

"Those who cast votes decide nothing. Those who count votes decide everything." Joseph Stalin