Problems Crop Up in Fla. Early Voting - Democratic Underground

Roland99

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Mon Oct-18-04 12:48 PM
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Problems Crop Up in Fla. Early Voting

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041018/D85PUJCG0.html

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - With memories of 2000 and the state's bitter fight over ballots still fresh, Floridians began casting votes Monday and within an hour problems cropped up.

In Palm Beach County, the center of the madness during the recount four years ago, a Democratic state legislator said she wasn't given a complete absentee ballot when she asked to opt for paper instead of the electronic touch-screen machines. And in Orange County, the touch-screen system briefly crashed, paralyzing voting in Orlando and its immediate suburbs.

A steady flow had turned out Monday morning at more than a dozen sites in Palm Beach County. Patrick Flanagan, who went to the county's election headquarters to cast his ballot, said he voted early because he wanted to avoid the long lines expected on Election Day. He said he's voted on the touch-screen machines once before, and both times have gone "very smoothly."

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meganmonkey

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Mon Oct-18-04 12:54 PM
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1. Looks like the game is getting ugly already

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Roland99

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Mon Oct-18-04 01:09 PM
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3. Is anyone going to trust the votes from any state?

With so much early voting going on...how do we know those votes don't get tossed before Nov. 2?

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drumwolf

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Mon Oct-18-04 12:59 PM
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2. angry, but not surprised in the slightest

In fact, we should be completely prepared for anything and everything they pull.

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