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joeunderdog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-04 01:03 PM
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Voting 'glitches' could derail democracy
This is my letter to the editor, and it was in the paper when I returned from a trip. Seems this is the only way to get the hard information out there. At least it works to some degree, and I hope other people try in their areas...

Conspiracy theorists are coming out of the woodwork after last Tuesday's election results as claims of voter fraud, "glitches" and unfair practices are rampant on the Internet. Most of these theories have been summarily dismissed as the sour grapes of desperate, paranoid Democrats.

But in this election, just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean your vote wasn't systematically eliminated.

In fact, the sheer scope of this year's election's problems should alarm anyone who takes the time to look. In North Carolina, official voter records acknowledge that Craven County "lost" 4,500 votes to a computer problem. A nearby North Carolina county reported another 11,000-vote mistake. In Florida, Palm Beach and several other counties actually reported more votes than voters. It doesn't take a conspiracy theorist to question the validity of these results.

more here
http://www2.townonline.com/lynnfield/opinion/view.bg?articleid=126111


BTW--sorry if this isn't the right forum for this.
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Francesca Donating Member (452 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-04 01:16 PM
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1. excellent letter!
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tk2kewl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-04 01:19 PM
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2. that was great!
glad to see that the paper ran it
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