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To: BlueStateDepression
You do know the difference between a paper ballot and a voting punch card, right? There can not possibly be a hanging chad on a paper ballot, and what they showed in Florida in 2000 which led to the supposed "solution" of electronic voting had nothing whatsoever to do with paper ballots.

A hint: paper ballots are made out of paper, and punch cards are made out of card stock, which is thicker and stiffer, and can have incompeltely punched chads.

Here in our county in WV we have used paper ballots since elections began in the 1800s, and there has never been any outcry about hanging chads in the past 200 years. People got a piece of paper with all the races and levies, and they also got a pencil to mark their votes. Then actual human beings (of bothe major parties) would sit there and open up the folded paper ballots and make a tally. The actual paper ballots were then sealed in a box for the later canvassing and possible challenges. (Unfortunately, this has been changed due to the federal government offering to "help" pay for laptop computers for electronic voting, which many of us resisted.)

23 posted on 03/28/2006 9:56:18 AM PST by wildandcrazyrussian (Islam is no more a "religion of peace" than communism was an "economic system of peace".)
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To: wildandcrazyrussian

If your chad is not completely punched then you didn't take the time (or care enough about your vote) to make sure that "chads" were not "hanging".

Hint: My Electronic voting results in a paper ballot.

Another hint: When I punched out chads I inspected my ballot to make sure it was proper. If people do not do that it is their own fault....not the ballots fault.

If you care to have something besides a condiscending attitude I will be happy to talk to you, but keep in mind I can give as good as I get. So mind your business.


28 posted on 03/28/2006 10:01:28 AM PST by BlueStateDepression
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To: wildandcrazyrussian

I remember during the Florida unpleasantness there was one county that came up with the exact same count every recount. It turned out that they were using paper fill in the bubble optical scan ballots. I thought at the time that that seemed more accurate.


37 posted on 03/28/2006 10:22:36 AM PST by sportutegrl (People who say, "All I know is . . ." really mean, "All I want you to focus on is . . .")
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