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To: stockman_scott who wrote (167842)7/31/2005 8:37:09 PM
From: geode00  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
Try this: voting machine problem IN CONGRESS on the squeaked-by CAFTA vote

"...The measure wouldn't have passed had two missing Republicans both successfully cast their ``no'' votes.

Republican Rep. Charles Taylor of North Carolina thought he had voted against the bill, but said a problem with the voting card used to activate the House's electronic tally system failed to record the vote.

``Due to an error, my 'no' vote did not record on the voting machine. The clerk's computer logs verified that I had attempted to vote, but it did not show my 'nay,''' he said in a written statement.


When did he realize the mistake? ``This morning, after I got out of the gym,'' Taylor told reporters...."

guardian.co.uk