Re: CHAT (POLITICS!!!): Putting the duh in Florida

> Date:         Thu, 30 Nov 2000 19:05:45 -0500
> From:         Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
>
> Lars Henrik Mathiesen wrote:
> >
> > Right after election day, the news here reported about one place in
> > Florida where some people were allegedly given ballots prepunched for
> > Bush.
>
> I hadn't heard about that.  I suspect your news made an error.  In Palm
> Beach County, the allegation was that the ballot was misleading, and
> that many people accidentally voted for Pat Buchannan when they meant to
> vote for Gore.  It does seem likely that that happened, when 20% of
> Buchannan's votes in Florida were concentrated in one county, and not a
> county that would be likely to have many Buchannan supporters either.
The Palm Beach story was covered in detail too, so I'm quite sure the
other story was a separate item. I don't remember the name of the
county, though, or if it was even mentioned. (It was on TV, so I can't
go check the old newspapers).

Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT marked)