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That was the last election. Since then there have been new laws written in to try and prevent those types of things again.
If this election isn’t a landslide on either side it will probably be worse than the 2000 election. There are lawyers at the ready on both sides ready to pounce if it’s close.
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Originally Posted by BigBank_Hank
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2 cave ins, in 1 day, im on a role....
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Originally Posted by BigBank_Hank
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Jul 29, 2004
Florida Republicans Tell Some Voters to Skip Touchscreens, Vote Absentee
By Brent Kallestad
Associated Press Writer
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Republican Gov. Jeb Bush has tried for months to persuade Florida voters touchscreen voting machines are reliable. His own party apparently hasn't gotten the message.
The state GOP paid for a flier critical of the new technology and sent it to some south Florida voters where a primary election is scheduled next month.
"The new electronic voting machines do not have a paper ballot to verify your vote in case of a recount," the message states. "Make sure your vote counts. Order your absentee ballot today."
That's what Democrats and a coalition of civil rights groups have been saying in legal challenges, trying to force the state to provide a paper trail in case the touchscreen machines malfunction.
"It is insulting that the leadership's own party would believe that the system is broke," said Sharon Lettman Pacheco, spokeswoman for People for the American Way.
The machines are being used in 15 of the state's largest counties.
The governor, unaware of the mailing beforehand, wasn't happy.
"I think he was disappointed that there would be any message that's out there that criticizes these machines," Bush spokeswoman Jill Bratina said.
Neither was President Bush, whose picture was featured on the GOP flier. "We did not authorize the use of the president's image," said campaign spokesman Reed Dickens. "It was inappropriate. I speak for the president and it does not represent the views of the president."
Earlier this week, state election officials reported that a computer crash erased detailed records from Miami-Dade County's first widespread use of the touchscreen machines in the 2002 gubernatorial primaries and other elections.
TBO.com
I suggest you do a little more research, Hank. This was big news when it happened.
The Laws were also there to prevent it in the last election in Florida... strange huh?Quote:
Originally Posted by BigBank_Hank
Look what I said earlier in this thread:
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The one thing that you failed to mention about the computer crash is that all of the data is saved to individual memory cartridges so no of the information was actually lost. It would slow down things considerably if this was to happen but the overall outcome wouldn’t be affected.
So, they knew the system didnt work in July?Quote:
Originally Posted by BigBank_Hank
Then why is it still being implemented, when they know its not upto the purpose?
Alas some gossip may be true but you pay attention...Quote:
Originally Posted by BigBank_Hank
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Originally Posted by Busyman
Oh boy..who would have thought....
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Early Florida voting hits some bumps
Oct. 18: NBC's Kerry Sanders reports from Miami, as Florida opened early voting Monday for the Nov. 2 election.
Nightly News
MIAMI - Early voting for the presidential election began in Florida on Monday as activists urged people to opt for early ballots to avoid a repeat of the 2000 election fiasco, but computer problems and long lines soon emerged.
With memories still fresh of 2000, when the race in the key battleground state was so close it triggered weeks of recounts and lawsuits, black and elderly voters in particular lined up to cast ballots two weeks before the Nov. 2 election.
“It was embarrassing last time. Florida looked like a third world country,” said Marie Bond, adding she was voting early "because I want my vote to count.”
“I don’t want the same like the last election,” echoed Haitian American Jean-Jacques Ardoun as he waited in a line of several hundred that snaked from inside the Miami-Dade government center outside. “Last time they took the votes and threw them in the garbage.”
Key battleground
Florida decided the 2000 election for President Bush after the U.S. Supreme Court halted the recounts, and both Bush and his Democratic challenger, Sen. John Kerry, have campaigned vigorously in the state.
As the voting began Kerry was in West Palm Beach — at the center of the 2000 debacle because many voters were confused by the county’s ballot design. Bush, who won Florida by 537 votes in 2000, was due in Boca Raton later Monday.
New technology, such as ATM-style touch-screen voting machines, has replaced the punch card ballots that caused so much chaos in the last election.
Nevertheless, a plethora of independent poll watching groups, the Democrats and Bush’s Republicans are urging voters to take advantage of early voting to avoid problems.
More than two dozen states offer “no excuse” early voting by either mail or in person, meaning voters do not have to give a reason. Some states, such as Nevada, Iowa and West Virginia, have already begun. Texas, Arkansas and Colorado also started Monday.