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UCmeNdc

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Sat Nov 3, 2012, 12:04 PM Nov 2012

Florida 'Glitch' Wipes Out 1000 Early Votes In Black Area

There was a story over at NBC’s The Grio three days ago noting that at one Florida polling location, in a heavily black neighborhood, the number of people who voted early was suddenly “revised” from 2,945 to 1,942 – that’s a 34% decrease.At first, polling officials blamed it on a “computer glitch.” Uh huh. And what glitch would that be?

The local supervisor of elections (SOE) didn’t inspire a lot of hope when speaking about another, smaller, change to the early voting numbers at another polling location:


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In the future, they’re only going to report the electronic result, which still begs the question of which result is really correct, and what else do they do that might result in human error? Not to mention, why did they first say it was a computer glitch?

And why is it always Florida? Why always in a heavily Democratic precinct, and why do the errors always help the other guy? Remember that Florida is already dealing with a widespread GOP voter fraud scandal.



http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/florida-glitch-wipes-out-1000-early-v

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Florida 'Glitch' Wipes Out 1000 Early Votes In Black Area (Original Post) UCmeNdc Nov 2012 OP
Drip, drip, drip FiveGoodMen Nov 2012 #1
Don't people know that "the computer did it" is a 90s myth? AnnaLee Nov 2012 #2
"Glitch" - RRRRIIIIIggghhhhttt. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #3
That's more than the supposed difference between Gore and Bush, isn't it? LisaL Nov 2012 #4
So the votes are lost? That's a crime. AlinPA Nov 2012 #5
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