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Contrary to reports on the Internet and the "Drudge Report", Philadelphia is not impounding any voting machines and they have found no machines with votes already on them. A spokesman for the City Republican Committee says those reports are totally false. The machines that someone questioned have an indicator that shows how many times the unit has been used. That indicator has nothing to do with votes, or with anything that would tend to taint election results.

As many of you know, I'm running for State Representative here in Philadelphia.  I've been out visiting the polling sites in my district this morning and here's what I've seen in just the 2 1/2 hours I've been out:   29th and Morris- Two union thugs were handing out Kerry stickers to people entering the polling area (of course, it's illegal to actually wear or present that in the polling area).  I watched for about five minutes until a woman came by and turned them down.  Immediately they started screaming "We've got a Bush supporter here!' and blocking her way. ...