Well, let's look at that. In the '96 election, 14,000 or so ballots were
discarded as "spoiled" because of precisely the same problem. Given the
voter turnout in that election, 19,000 discards in this election is really
not different than that of '96.
As I said earlier, these ballots were designed and approved by Democrats,
distributed to and approved by each Party, distributed by mail to each
registered voter, and posted at each polling place. Assistance was available
at each polling place for voters with questions. What more can you do?
And yes, the 19,000 who punched two holes are in my opinion, incompetent.
reg
----- Original Message -----
From: "dennis roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Reg Jordan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 10:30 AM
Subject: Re: Stats on Palm Beach votes
> At 03:51 PM 11/9/00 -0500, Reg Jordan wrote:
>
> >Did it cost Gore votes? Doesn't matter. Incompetence is not a defense.
>
> on what basis can you conclude that the 19,000 invalidated ballots were
due
> to incompetence ... this seems to be your supposition ...
>
> what if you saw a table that showed that the percentage of invalidated
> ballots in palm beach county was so much higher than any other county ...
> to be clearly an outlier ... would you then think that it was just the
> stupidity of the voters ... or, some ELSE was going on that mushroomed
this
> problem?
>
> these are the data i want to see ...
>
> county .... votes cast ... invalidated ballots ... % of total invalidated
>
>
>
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