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Re: Election Censorship DUMB IDEA (was Re: Fraudulent ballots from Israel?

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From: Chicago Paddling-Fishing
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 07:25
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Maxwell Monningh (betatron@earthlink.net) wrote:
: In article <8v67o60300u@enews2.newsguy.com>, Tommy the Terrorist 
: <mayday@newsguy.com> wrote:

: > "Secret ballot"?  You've got to be kidding me.  I voted in Chicago
: > and you know what?  You weren't allowed to put the ballot in the
: > box yourself, until some guy standing there had LOOKED AT IT.  
: > I'm serious, I was there and I watched other people having the
: > same thing happen!

: Just to make sure we're talking the same speaks: you mean the guy 
: removed the ballot from its envelope and examined the holes? You aren't 
: talking about tapping the card all the way to the bottom of the envelope,
: right? I'm going to ass-u-me the former attains.

: Tommy. 

Yes he is correct, I too voted in Chicago and the guy removed my ballot 
from the envelope and looked at it (I thought he was going to remove the 
stub and give it to me but he then folded the stub over, put it back in
the envelope and attempted to push it in the ballot box (which was apparently
nearly full in my precint).  We got 3 color (well, white paper with red and
blue ink receipts this year instead of the stub)

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Subject: Re: Election Censorship DUMB IDEA (was Re: Fraudulent ballots from Israel?
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