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

To: ThirdEye who wrote (3047)	11/30/2000 11:50:44 AM
From: The Philosopher	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. Partly. But one of the suits brought by the Dems challenges the ballot itself, claiming that many Gore voters voted for Buchanan by mistake. From what I've read, but have no link to, this was partly caused by the Dems themselves. In many retirement housing communities they apparently have block captains who give out little cards to the residents telling them how to vote. At one point they were handing out cards that said to punch the second hole on the ballot. If they followed those directions slavishly instead of actually looking at the ballot, yes, they would have voted for Buchanan. So the Dems may have been hoist by their own petard. Serves them right!