In a message dated 11/12/00 10:59:30 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< 1) In San Francisco and other places, was exactly the same ballot used, or
merely a similar one? What seems to be coming out from discussion is that
ballots in other locales were actually different in significant ways, such
as the location of the punch hole on the final version of the ballot, or
failing to break the ballot up into two completely separate pages, as was
done in West Palm Beach.
Exactly the same ballot Bill Clinton was elected with twice. I guess the
Demos won with illegal ballots twice. I guess when they win the ballots are
fair.
2) Was the butterfly ballot used for presidential elections? I don't mean
to imply that other elections are unimportant, but this result is singularly
*im*portant, not only for West Palm Beach and Florida, but for the nation.
According to Susan, the butterfly ballot was used in the Chicago area, but
for local judicial races, not the presidential contest.
>>
See above. In SF it has been used for every election. This is a big fat joke.
