-Caveat Lector- :The following is why the "untruth" of the Republican Riot will not wash. First of all,. I think Republicans would riot about as well as the proverbial hen shuffling cards--not on par with Jessie's "Rent-a-Rioter" pros. Then you need the "victims" to go along with it and say they were intimidated. I am sure these three on the canvassing board wo8uld be mebarassed to claim such with the whole riot right on TV for all the world to see. Then, why did these three Democrats have a sudden urge to be behind closed doors, all alone with the ballots and NO observers from the other side? I think the protesters did the right thing in doing whatver it took, within reason--which they were, to prevent these ballots being further tampered with in the manner described below. Their chant was not "Stop the count" but rather "Let us In." The canvassing board had absolutely no right to try to handle the ballots in secret. I have no doubt had they prevailed, every single one would have magically become a vote for Gore. That is why the protesters did the right thing and the Republicans endorse their actions. No one was injured, no arrests, no one even claims they were intimidated. Had they not done this, well, we ALL know what would have happened to the ballots so let's not be coy about it. IMHO. AKE Thursday, November 30, 2000 9:33 PM Subject: [piml] Recount Observers Tell NewsMax.com of Democrat Vote Counting Fraud > Exclusive: Recount Observers Tell NewsMax.com of Democrat Fraud > NewsMax.com > Monday, Nov. 27, 2000 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. > > Ballot observers have found one outrageous case after another of > tampered ballots, miscounts and bias in the recount in > Democrat-dominated Broward County, NewsMax.com learned in exclusive > interviews over the holiday weekend. > > "If there's anyone who really believes that the ballot recounts are > objective and fair, I'm ready to sell him the Brooklyn Bridge," one > Republican recount observer told NewsMax.com. > > > Among the questionable and outright fraudulent practices that > witnesses noted in the recount of presidential votes: > > Tampered Ballots > > . Numerous absentee ballots had the chad for George W. Bush > Scotch-taped back in and the chad for Al Gore punched out. > > "We were told there were about 80 such absentee ballots," an observer > told NewsMax.com. "The Broward County Canvassing Board's justification > for allowing these votes - that voters obviously just changed their > minds - might be understandable for the isolated case, but not for 80. > > "These Scotch-taped ballots are a shining example of a corrupt > process. These ballots can be tampered with after they left the hands > of the voters, and the Broward County Canvassing Board is all too > happy to count them as Gore votes." > > > . Chads were dislodged from ballots shaken by county workers during > the counting. > > On one such occasion, for example, a county ballot counter predicted > that a hanging chad on a ballot would fall off if he were to shake the > ballot. He then shook it, knocking off the chad. That ballot was > subsequently identified as a Gore vote. > > . One Republican observer collected more than 75 chads from the table > and floor in the area where ballots were being inspected and counted. > > While that observer was trying to collect the chads from the table > before a lunch break, the counting supervisor ordered him to leave the > chads - and leave the room. > > . Writing and ink blots, indications of tampering, were found on > ballots. > > Miscounts > > . There were attempts to count 75 Gore ballots as 100. > > During the final counting, four stacks of 25 ballots each were > supposed to be stacked crossways into stacks of 100 votes. But on at > least one instance, four stacks containing only 75 Gore votes each > were originally counted as if they were four stacks of 100 ballots, a > miscount of 100 votes in favor of Gore. > > The Republican ballot observer who saw and objected to this error - > leading to its correction - was then kicked out of the room at the > Broward County Emergency Operations Center. > > > . County ballot counters also were observed placing Bush ballots in > the Gore pile. > > At one counting table, a counter repeatedly put ballots that had been > identified as votes for Bush onto the Gore pile. On no occasion was he > observed placing a ballot identified as a Gore vote onto the Bush > pile. > > Also, he continuously watched the wall-mounted televisions. Several > times the other counter at the table told him to pay attention to the > ballot inspection and counting. He replied, "I'm giving it as much > attention as it deserves." > > A recount observer said, "It's important to understand that most of > the county workers were professional and fair in carrying out their > duties, but it's a shame that a few bad eggs can make the whole room > stink." > > Bias and Collusion > > . Democrat observers were under instruction to challenge ballots even > where it was clear there was no vote cast for president. > > Ballots with no presidential votes punched provide a significant > opportunity for tampering. A Gore chad could later be dislodged or > punched and then counted as a Gore vote. > > . A Broward recount supervisor was even overheard accepting pro-Gore > instructions from a Broward County Canvassing Board attorney. > > The board attorney told the recount supervisor to "err on the side of > giving it to us," a witness told NewsMax.com. > > The Broward supervisor then reversed his earlier instructions and told > the ballot observers to feel free to challenge no-vote ballots. > > . On one occasion two Broward counters were observed showing each > other their voter registration cards and identifying themselves as > Democrats, as if they were members of the correct club. > > . 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