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To: Patricia Trinchero who wrote (5171)	11/4/2002 10:56:09 PM
From: Mephisto	Respond to of 15516

I recall that there were two Florida counties only where Republican officials relaxed and filled out ballots for folks. Like you, I don't recall the counties, but I could find the names if I went to a great deal of trouble, I imagine. Hope you are okay! Best wishes,

To: Patricia Trinchero who wrote (5171)	11/5/2002 1:16:41 AM
From: Mephisto	Respond to of 15516

Florida's DUVAL county counted absentee ballots for W. They were posted late. >>>>>>>>>>> Message 15960598 Overlooking the Deadline Human Factor Was at Core Of Vote Fiasco Decisions and Leadership Were Erratic, Arbitrary By John Mintz and Peter Slevin Washington Post Staff Writers Friday, June 1, 2001; Page A01 The following is an excerpt from article: Matthew Hendrickson, a sailor aboard the cruiser USS Ticonderoga, mailed his overseas absentee ballot from Puerto Rico on Nov. 13, six days after the Election Day deadline. He knew the presidential race was undecided and he wanted Bush to win. Records show that Duval County included his vote in its results. "I dropped it off at the mailbox," Hendrickson said in an interview. "I was just seeing if it would count or not." At the time of the election, Florida law was explicit: To count, a ballot must be dated and postmarked by Election Day. It must be witnessed by another person, and the voter must have formally requested the ballot" SI Reference: Message 15169216

To: Patricia Trinchero who wrote (5171)	11/5/2002 1:33:01 AM
From: Mephisto	Respond to of 15516

How Bush Took Florida: Mining the Overseas Absentee Vote (cont.) From The New York Times July 14, 2001 SI Reference: Message 16108669 The following is an excerpt: "The Republicans had one other weapon in their public relations arsenal. They enlisted Republican members of the House Armed Services Committee, who used their influence with the Pentagon to help the Bush campaign contact military voters whose ballots had been rejected. By the end of the week, canvassing boards in about a dozen Republican-leaning counties had reconvened for a second round of counting. In each place, longstanding election rules were bent and even ignored. Boards counted ballots postmarked as many as seven days after the election, including some from within the United States. They counted two ballots sent by fax. Officials in Santa Rosa County even counted five ballots that arrived after the Nov. 17 deadline. Again and again, election officials crossed out the words ``REJECTED AS ILLEGAL'' that had been stamped on ballot envelopes. In all, over the Thanksgiving week, the counties accepted 288 ballots that they had rejected days earlier ".