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tuvor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 06:04 PM
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Computer Glitch Changes Election Result
Fri Nov 12,12:08 PM ET (AP)

BROOKVILLE, Ind. - A hand recount of ballots cast using optical scanning technology gave a Democrat enough extra votes to bump a Republican from victory in a county commissioner's race.

The erroneous tally was caused when the Fidlar Election Co. scanning system recorded straight-Democratic Party votes as votes for Libertarians in southeastern Indiana's Franklin County.

The recount Thursday pushed Democrat Carroll Lanning from fifth to third in the three-seat commissioners race, while Republican Roy Hall fell to fifth.

Democrats had suspected a glitch after preliminary election results included a Libertarian congressional candidate winning 7.7 percent of the vote in Franklin County, more than four times better than he did across the entire district.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=616&e=1&u=/ap/election_glitch
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Hosnon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 06:08 PM
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1. "Isolated event" - Riiiiiiiiight - that is (ahem) until more discovered.
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 06:11 PM
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2. How many of these "isolated" evetns will it take?
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 06:14 PM
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3. Have there been any documented "mistakes" that have overcounted
in favor of a Democrat? I haven't heard of any yet. How could that be?
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high density Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 06:15 PM
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4. Wow, yet another "glitch" to help out the Republicans
This feels like a bad "Murder She Wrote" episode that we're living in.
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Moderator DU Moderator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 06:49 PM
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5. Duplicate topic
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=981315
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