From: phatjbp

Subject: [CPOP] Fwd: Things are getting more serious...spread this news


In a message dated 11/5/2004 1:13:37 PM Eastern Standard Time,
dragonwind writes: Franklin County, OH: Gahanna 1-B Precinct

638 TOTAL BALLOTS CAST

US Senator:
Fingerhut (D) - 167 votes
Voinovich (R) - 300 votes

US President:
Kerry (D) - 260 votes
Bush (R) - 4,258 votes

You don't have to be the Ohio Secretary of State to figure out the problem there.

Here's another:

Broward machines count backward

by Eliot Kleinberg

Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

Friday, November 05, 2004

FORT LAUDERDALE — It had to happen. Things were just going too smoothly.

Early Thursday, as Broward County elections officials wrapped up after a long day of canvassing votes, something unusual caught their eye. Tallies should go up as more votes are counted. That's simple math. But in some races, the numbers had gone . . . down.

Officials found the software used in Broward can handle only 32,000 votes per precinct. After that, the system starts counting backward.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0411/S00072.htm
http://img103.exs.cx/img103/4526/exit_poll.gif

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