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" The Palm Beach County vote canvassing board, which is dominated by
Democrats, abruptly decided in mid-recount that any break in the punch
out-style ballot would be considered a valid vote, just as if the voter
had cleanly punched out the perforated tab.

" ...After the new rules were in place, the retabulation uncovered 30
new votes for Gore and only 19 new votes for Texas Gov. George Bush. "

The above is an excerpt from:
http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2000/11/12/121754
With Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff



Former Secretary of State James A. Baker III commented as follows on
Friday, November 11, one day before the above news story:

''Machines are neither Republicans nor Democrats, and therefore can be
neither consciously nor unconsciously biased...''

''Human error, individual subjectivity, and decisions to, quote,
'determine the voters' intent,' close quote, would replace precision
machinery in tabulating millions of small marks and fragile hole
punches. There would be countless opportunities for the ballots to be
subject to a whole host of risks. The potential for mischief would exist
to a far greater degree than in the automated count and recount that
these very ballots have already been subjected to.''

''One electoral board may decide to count votes that are not fully
punched; another may not. One electoral board may decide that a stray
mark indicated an intent to vote for a particular candidate; another may
not. One electoral board may try to determine the intent of voters who
marked multiple candidates on a ballot, and another may not.''

End of Baker's comments.

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In addition, ballots with a single punched hole can be invalidated by a
"party loyalist" punching out a second hole showing votes for two
Presidential candidates. The ballot would then be invalidated and the
original and legitimate vote would be made null and void.

The hand count is indeed now being corrupted.
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/forum/a3a0f08501269.htm

Florida State law provided an immediate remedy for those who mistakenly
punched two holes. The ballot could have been exchanged for a new
ballot. Indeed a third ballot would have been supplied if the voter
erred on the second ballot.

Ignorance of the law is no excuse.

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For pre-election corruption, read:
http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment111000d.shtml