I was watching a show yesterday that let people call in and voice their opinion. One woman said that when she was in the booth and she accidently punched Pat B., she asked for a new ballot. They gave it to her of course. However, when she and her busband were driving home, she was telling him how confusing the ballot was and how she marked Pat instead of Gore and why she made the mistake, her husband realized he did the same thing, but didn't realize the mistake until that moment. By then it was too late. So I don't think a whole lot of people realized they made a mistake or were confused, they just didn't realize until the info about the confusing ballot came out. Also, I heard that it WAS reported that people were getting confused about the ballot and the people helping with the election did nothing about it. They just let people go in and vote and didn't explain anything. I think that when it was reported, the people helping should have posted signs or something in the booths explaining that part of the ballot. I also heard that part of the voting process in FL was done by computer and that the elderly people coming in either left because they didn't know how to work the computer or ended up voting wrong because they didn't know how to use the computer. They couldn't ask for help because then their vote would become void--since nobody can help you vote.
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