The Palm Beach County Ballot: From the Source
- Thread starter Rich Lucibella
- Start date
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Voting Instructions
Step 3. Punch strait down through the hole to the right of the arrow by the candidate or issue of your choice.[/quote]
Are these really the instructions? If so, then why does it say punch the hole ON THE RIGHT? For some choices, the hole is on the left. Small detail, but one this whole bloody election could turn on. Plus, there are rumors that a FL statute requires the ballot choice be marked TO THE RIGHT of the name, which could make this ballot illegal. Not sure the ramifications of this but there is no shortage of legal eagles down there to brawl over that one.
I personally think that any 3rd grade-educated idiot could figure out the ballot if he/she takes more than 15 seconds to look at it. That big arrow should have been at least some type of clue! Unbelievable.
Step 3. Punch strait down through the hole to the right of the arrow by the candidate or issue of your choice.[/quote]
Are these really the instructions? If so, then why does it say punch the hole ON THE RIGHT? For some choices, the hole is on the left. Small detail, but one this whole bloody election could turn on. Plus, there are rumors that a FL statute requires the ballot choice be marked TO THE RIGHT of the name, which could make this ballot illegal. Not sure the ramifications of this but there is no shortage of legal eagles down there to brawl over that one.
I personally think that any 3rd grade-educated idiot could figure out the ballot if he/she takes more than 15 seconds to look at it. That big arrow should have been at least some type of clue! Unbelievable.
Eric of IN
New member
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Rich Lucibella:
They further claim that people, in the hundreds came out of the voting booth crying that they'd voted for Buchanan by mistake. The outrage of these statements has me speechless! After the greatest voter turnout in history, these pigs would cast a pall over the entire process and tell people, "Your vote doesn't count; it's all rigged". [/quote]
We use a different style ballot here, so I have a question. Is there a paper ballot that you have to take out of the machine after you're done, and put into a ballot box? Part of the instructions here said something along the lines of "If you make a mistake, take your ballot back to the election judge, and you will be given a fresh ballot." So the real question is: If these people knew they had punched the wrong hole, then why didn't they correct it then?
Eric
They further claim that people, in the hundreds came out of the voting booth crying that they'd voted for Buchanan by mistake. The outrage of these statements has me speechless! After the greatest voter turnout in history, these pigs would cast a pall over the entire process and tell people, "Your vote doesn't count; it's all rigged". [/quote]
We use a different style ballot here, so I have a question. Is there a paper ballot that you have to take out of the machine after you're done, and put into a ballot box? Part of the instructions here said something along the lines of "If you make a mistake, take your ballot back to the election judge, and you will be given a fresh ballot." So the real question is: If these people knew they had punched the wrong hole, then why didn't they correct it then?
Eric
Rich Lucibella
Staff
Eric-
Yes, it's a paper Punch Card Ballot that has to be removed.
LP-
I waited 'till the last minute because I wanted to get some intel on the McCollum race...if he didn't look like he was in trouble I was going in another direction on that vote.
As for the issue of ballot approval, the ballot was signed off on by both sides. If the Governor is to be believed, legal challenges must be made at that time, not after a poor looser looses
Our Supervisor of Elections: Great point: Theresa LePore is a Democrat.
Buchanan has now come out and stated that he thinks many of the votes he received in PBC were intended for Bore.
Rich
Rich
Yes, it's a paper Punch Card Ballot that has to be removed.
LP-
I waited 'till the last minute because I wanted to get some intel on the McCollum race...if he didn't look like he was in trouble I was going in another direction on that vote.
As for the issue of ballot approval, the ballot was signed off on by both sides. If the Governor is to be believed, legal challenges must be made at that time, not after a poor looser looses
Our Supervisor of Elections: Great point: Theresa LePore is a Democrat.
Buchanan has now come out and stated that he thinks many of the votes he received in PBC were intended for Bore.
Rich
Rich
Here's the latest breakdown on the recount:
http://election2000.tbo.com/election2000/flacounty.htm
------------------
Alfadog
NRA Life Member
"DO NOT TAKE COUNSEL OF YOUR FEARS."
--G. S. Patton, Jr., Lt. Gen., USA, 6 March 1944
http://election2000.tbo.com/election2000/flacounty.htm
------------------
Alfadog
NRA Life Member
"DO NOT TAKE COUNSEL OF YOUR FEARS."
--G. S. Patton, Jr., Lt. Gen., USA, 6 March 1944
in the unofficial polls, it shows that in pinellas county, gore is still up 417 votes, while bush lost 61 - weren't they the county that claimed a ballot worker forgot to count a box, released these figures, then recanted and said that a box wasn't counted and the vote would have to be redone? if this a box was NOT counted, and the total votes increased by 400 votes for gore, it seems to indicate that the total number of ballots miscounted in that county must be in the thousands, wouldn't it - the recounted votes being the original number of ballots plus the additional votes for gore, plus the missing ballot box.
second, in most counties, the recount vote differences only differ from the original by a few votes, at most. palm beach, pinellas, and polk some how managed to come up with much more than that for gore, and martin for bush, suggesting that something irregular may have happend, either in the original or the recount.
either way, this isn't over yet by far
second, in most counties, the recount vote differences only differ from the original by a few votes, at most. palm beach, pinellas, and polk some how managed to come up with much more than that for gore, and martin for bush, suggesting that something irregular may have happend, either in the original or the recount.
either way, this isn't over yet by far