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Originally posted by mgdzkm433:
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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This is not true of where I live - we also used the computer and when I marked "Bush/Cheney" it lit up. But then, when I tried to mark a different section of the ballot, my vote changed from Bush to Gore. I immediately grabbed one of the procters and told her the problem and she herself changed my vote back and watched until I finished to make sure it didn't mess up again. She also said that had been a problem all day. So it isn't just people voting for Gore who are getting screwed up, I just happened to re-check my ballot before voting (which everyone should do regardless since its too late once the button is pushed). I think that this stuff is way too technological - there were also elderly people staring at the computers because they didn't know what to do with it. Just like that punch ticket thing...just give me a pen and the ballot and I'll mark it myself. I will say that it is true that the Elections Board director of that county in FL with the punch ticket thing is a democrat and he has stated repeatedly that the sample ballot was issued, and that there were no problems with it before. He also said that even though he is a Democrat, he does not see how it was confusing because the arrows point to the number beside the name.
Also - Bush did not ask for a recount. It is the law that less than 1/2 of 1% automatically gets a recount. People are getting their stories confused because this has been piped out through the media in all sorts of ways.
By the way - I can respect the fact that we can all have different opinions, but lets stick to the issues and not get personal with each other. Thank you!
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