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To: zonkie who wrote (111526)	12/12/2000 1:02:55 AM
From: Gordon A. Langston	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I think they didn't realize it was incomplete because it had no place for a voter ID #. The one I got had it in the form of a bar code, so I still don't know mine. Are you saying these people would not have voted had they not received an absentee ballot in the mail? After all the Republicans and probably the Democrats too were accused of marketing these as the "easy" way to vote, whereas they were intended otherwise. I think they would have voted anyway. There is some history on what type of fraud the laws on this matter were addressing and it had to do with a mayor's race of recent times. If you are aware of this how do you think it applies to this case? I know what happened but it did not keep a legal voter from voting and there was no charge that the information allowed fraud or illegal votes or at least no proof. Individuals may have done wrong but not voters. Punishment is for the wrong doers only, not bystanders. Voter error is the voter's responsibility unless there is fraud or machine "malfunction". If 97% get it right the machine seems to be vindicated and the voter indicted.