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Palm Beach municipal elections see new ballot problems
AP ^ | April 1, 2002 | AP

Posted on 04/01/2002 3:46:45 PM PST by summer

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Elections Supervisor Theresa LePore will try to prevent voter confusion by sending a detailed instruction brochure to absentee voters before the fall elections.

Before Nov 2000, this county reportedly had a history of voting problems.

Now, after $16 million has been spent on new equipment and other improvements -- and, yet, they still can't figure out how to vote -- I think something else needs to be done.

Maybe Gov. Bush or Lt. Gov. Brogran could go on tv -- perhaps The Tonight Show, The Daily Show, The View and Oprah -- and TEACH these Palm Beach County voters: how to cast a vote. Bring a new touch voting screen, and demonstrate it on tv. Everyone will tune in, and who knows, someone may learn something.
1 posted on 04/01/2002 3:46:46 PM PST by summer
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To: summer
There is a simple solution. If the voter doesn't cast his/her vote properly, it should be thrown out. Nobody should have to guess the intent of the voter.
2 posted on 04/01/2002 3:51:13 PM PST by umgud
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Maybe if they handed out voting instructions at the casinos or perhaps with "early bird" dinners?
3 posted on 04/01/2002 3:52:56 PM PST by johniegrad
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This can't be serious. It must be an April Fool's Day joke. I absolutely refuse to believe that, after all that turmoil and chaos that these people caused us less than two years ago, that there are still people there that cannot properly punch a hole through a piece of paperboard.

Wait, no. I just reread the article. They're not punchcard ballots, are they? They're touch-screen ballots. That's even more pathetic.

No, I just refuse to believe it. It just boggles the mind.

4 posted on 04/01/2002 3:54:23 PM PST by clikker
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But the process for fixing the 55 ballots took 90 minutes

With the new ballots, it will take forever to "fix" an election.

5 posted on 04/01/2002 3:56:50 PM PST by aomagrat
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It just boggles the mind.

I agree.
6 posted on 04/01/2002 3:58:43 PM PST by summer
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"When scanners kicked out the unreadable ballots, elections workers were forced to look at each one individually on election night. They then had to determine voter intent and fill out a duplicate ballot readable by the machines."

Now THAT'S SCARY! Their definition of duplicate means a straight Dem ticket.

7 posted on 04/01/2002 4:02:10 PM PST by Henchster
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Perhaps they should just come out and only list Rep-ugly-cans. Those are the only votes they count, anyway.
8 posted on 04/01/2002 4:08:16 PM PST by frodolives
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Low cost, early bird dinners? We there sweetie, in rusted out muscle cars, lol. Too much ain't never enough, lol.
9 posted on 04/01/2002 4:10:16 PM PST by Dakmar
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What they need to do is give the voters those big Bingo inkers and let them put a big ink blob on the square for their candidates.

-PJ

10 posted on 04/01/2002 4:30:33 PM PST by Political Junkie Too
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Maybe if they handed out voting instructions at the casinos or perhaps with "early bird" dinners?

...so how long does it take them to declare a winner in the bingo parlor?

11 posted on 04/01/2002 4:40:03 PM PST by tubebender
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LOL...
12 posted on 04/01/2002 4:45:11 PM PST by summer
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To: summer
perhaps The Tonight Show, The Daily Show, The View and Oprah -- and TEACH these Palm Beach County voters: how to cast a vote.

Why stop there? Dan Blather and Peter Lemmings could review the technique for the Democraps on the evening news.

13 posted on 04/01/2002 6:16:58 PM PST by NautiNurse
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Why do demoCRAPs have problems with voting machines?

ans: They're high rollers.

14 posted on 04/01/2002 6:41:09 PM PST by let freedom sing
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Remember, most of the voters in Palm Beach County are retired New York union teachers
15 posted on 04/01/2002 6:49:53 PM PST by captnorb
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To: summer
What the hell? Is there some kind of Stupid Serum in the water down there??

As far as I'm concerned, if you don't take the election seriously enough to follow a few simple instructions, then your vote should not count.

16 posted on 04/01/2002 8:39:49 PM PST by steve-b
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Elections Supervisor Theresa LePore will try to prevent voter confusion by sending a detailed instruction brochure to absentee voters before the fall elections.

Yeah, boy,that'll do it!

Give me a break! People who apparently can't figure out how to use a touch screen are going to sit down and read a "detailed instruction brochure"? Yeah. Right. And I'll take vanilla.

17 posted on 04/01/2002 9:53:15 PM PST by yankeedame
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Voting schools ... Palm Beach needs voting schools, for just a small fee of $100.00 ( the Palm Beachers Have it) we will teach you how to vote. Or better still make Palm Beach county a non voting area, they have never voted correctly anyway.....
18 posted on 04/02/2002 12:14:30 AM PST by .45MAN
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To: summer
Looks like the same crooks are running the balloting. No Justice again folks.
19 posted on 04/02/2002 5:53:31 AM PST by jungleboy
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Or better still make Palm Beach county a non voting area, they have never voted correctly anyway...

LOL!
20 posted on 04/02/2002 8:56:22 AM PST by summer
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