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In article 9q0@infmx.informix.com, aland@informix.com (Colonel Panic) writes:
In article <39u3el$nkr@crl.crl.com> schatham@crl.com (Sean Chatham) writes:
>James Schumacher (zapatero@netcom.com) wrote:
>: Anyone know why they can count some 8 million
>: ballots in less than 24 hours, but it takes a week
>: or more to count the absentees?

Because they are tabulated manually and keyed into a computer.
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Absentee ballots are on cards counted by the computer. No keying is necessary.
I heard an interview with a worker saying they count 600 per hour.
Today, of course, no ballots will be counted as we pay for another
holiday for government workers.
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>: Also, the big rumor is that Hu$$ington will pay
>: for a re-count.  Anyone know how much the State
>: charges for that?
>: -- J.S

Hey, they aren't close to having the COUNT done yet, let alone a REcount.

Approx. 750,000 ballots to count with only a 124,000 margin as of this
morning.  (The margin has already dropped from 260,000 since the count of 
absentees and provisionals began).  Huff actually had a *lead* toward the 
end of precinct reports, then *all* the S.F. returns came in at the end.  
Wonder why.  Hmmmmm... 

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Alan Denney      aland@informix.com      {pyramid|uunet}!infmx!aland