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---------------------- Forwarded by Vince J Kaminski/HOU/ECT on 11/17/2000
04:57 PM --------------------------- Shirley_Keeney@eogresources.com on 11/16/2000 01:39:39 PM To: Paula_Corey@enron.net, vkamins@enron.com, kwalsh@enron.com cc: Subject: Florida Ballot info from my daughter Kris..... ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++ I saw this on one of my webgroups. I thought it was interesting, and thought you might find it so as well..... Ordinarily I don't post stuff like this here, but I've been asked to do so for the benefit of those RenGeeks who get all their news from here. This information comes from my father, who heard it once (and only once) from the media. Either from Fox News Channel or from CBS radio. If someone can post an official source to back this up, I'd love to see it. Anyway, that being said, you may find this of interest: - Regarding those 19,000 double-punched ballots that Florida is not counting, and that the Gore campaign is using to try and call for another vote: These ballots are (mostly) not the result of confused individuals. In reality, double-punching a ballot is standard procedure for election workers to invalidate a ballot that were punched in error. If you punch out the hole for someone, and then change your mind before putting the card in the box, and you ask an official for another card, the old card (with your mistake) is deliberately double-punched so that it shouldn't accidentally be counted. In other words, Gore's claim that 19,000 of his supporters are having their votes discarded is completely bogus. Those double-punched cards correspond to mistakes that have already been corrected. Also of interest - this isn't unusual. In 1996, Palm Beach had approximately 15,000 double-punched ballots. For the same reason. Because people made mistakes and needed new cards. While I'm sure some of the double-punches were from clueless voters, it is completely wrong when the media says that this is the case for all 19,000 of them (Souce for the 1996 figure: http://foxnews.com/election_night/after/confusing_ballots.sml) - Regarding the "illegal" butterfly ballot that the Gore people want invalidated (to call for a re-vote in Palm Beach), they are conveniently ignoring some of that law. The law in Florida is that a ballot, once designed, is presented to both parties for review. They have 30 days in which to file complaints. If nobody complains before the election, then it can't be thrown out afterwards. Neither the Republican nor the Democratic party filed any complaint with the ballot during the 30 day review period. - Regarding the 3400 Buchannan votes that came from Palm Beach. It's actually not as surprising as the media would have you believe. During the campaign, Buchannan held a fund-raising dinner in Palm Beach. He was able to get 1000 attendees. If 1000 people were willing to pay money and attend his fund raiser, I would consider 3400 votes from that same place to be very surprising. -- David
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