Yes, that's correct. You had to FOLLOW the arrow to the hole to punch, just
as stated in the instructions.
reg
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Bernhardt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Edstat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 1:55 PM
Subject: Re: Palm Beach Stats
> Reg Jordan wrote on 11/10/00 10:51 AM:
>
> >It's interesting that no Republicans have claimed that the ballot was
> >misleading -- all the complaints seem to come from Democrats. Wouldn't
the
> >"misleading, confusing" nature of the ballot apply equally across the
> >voting spectrum?
>
> Bush was listed first on the ballot, and the hole to punch for him was
> also the first hole. So, no confusion if you wanted to vote for Bush. If
> you wanted to vote for Gore, the second name on the ballot, you had to
> punch the *third* hole on the ballot, the second hole being for Buchanan.
> Given the unexpectedly high number of votes for Buchanan in that county
> (3000 of about 400,000 votes cast) as in the next largest Buchanan county
> (Pinnelas (Tampa-Clearwater area), Buchanan got 1000 of the 400,000 votes
> cast). You have to argue that Palm Beach county has more conservatives
> than Pinnelas. If that's the case you would expect Bush to have done
> better in Palm Beach than Pinnelas. But, the oposite is the case. Palm
> Beach went decisively for Gore, while Pinnelas was very close to evenly
> split, with Gore leading only slightly.
>
> Paul
>
>
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