[JulieRNR21]

The GOP & Jeb need to get out there quickly & inform everyone of the real cause of the problems and the nedd to investigate the cause....either poll worker incompetence due to improper training by Broward Election Supervisor (Democrat) or deliberate negligence to help Mc Bride garner more votes than Reno...see this AP story for details of why votes were not counted:


MIAMI (Sept. 15) - Election workers in Janet Reno's stronghold of Broward County have found uncounted votes from last week's primary, though officials didn't say how many.

The votes were found Saturday in a precinct that first reported no votes, said Willie Weslie, project manager with Election Systems & Software Inc., which made the touchscreen voting machines used in the county.

That precinct, with 832 registered voters, was among 247 that Reno has asked officials to review in her battle with Bill McBride for the Democratic nomination.

``I don't know what happened in every case. I just know poll workers had procedures and didn't follow them,'' said Weslie.

Weslie said poll workers in the precinct should have inserted a cartridge in the machines, which would have collected the votes when polls closed. But they did not, he said, so the empty cartridge made it appear that no votes were cast.

Workers examined touchscreen voting machines until shortly after 7 p.m. Saturday, and were expected to continue Sunday. The deadline for counties to report official vote tallies to the state is 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Election Supervisor Miriam Oliphant's office would not discuss the uncounted votes.

``Once the process is complete, the supervisor of elections will have a statement with respect to that and every other issue her office feels is necessary to assure the voters of Broward County that every vote will be counted,'' said spokesman Rick Riley.

Reno trailed McBride by 8,196 votes in unofficial counts from the state. The 247 precincts she asked to be reviewed have 15,841 voters.

Reno has also asked Miami-Dade County officials to check for lost votes. Officials there found more than 1,800 uncounted votes from four precincts Thursday, and were reviewing touchscreen voting machines to determine if more were unreported.

Miami and Broward counties used the same touchscreen machines made by Election Systems & Software.

[JulieRNR21]

FYI PING

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

I was out of the loop a bit. did she ask for a recount in all of Florida or just specific counties (like Goron)?

[CyberAnt]

They may try to pin this on Jeb, but I don't think they can make it stick. Rush was pointing out that these are the same 3 counties which Gore wanted recounted during 2000. These are the same people who couldn't vote with a butterfly ballot. These are the same election committee people who couldn't run their elections before. AND THEY'RE ALLLLLLLL DEMOCRATS.

Jeb needs to hand this one back to the dems in short order. He needs to define what happened, and how it cannot possibly be the fault of his administration. The only way these precincts will straighten up is when the election committee's have a change of personnel.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Thanks for the ping, Julie.

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[Polybius]

...poll workers in the precinct should have inserted a cartridge in the machines, which would have collected the votes when polls closed. But they did not, he said, so the empty cartridge made it appear that no votes were cast.

With paper ballots, Democrats were forced to cheat one ballot at a time.

By giving them computer controlled voting machines, Democrats can now cheat thousands of votes at a time with a little computer mischief.

[rintense]

What a frickin joke. The Dems are crying again. How long before we see Carol Roberts????

[AlexW]

This is just a new branch of Cook County, IL, where the
dead and dumb can vote...The Dems will be doing this everywhere.