Names, ballots fail to tally in 29 Gaston precincts - NC

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OBSERVER EXCLUSIVE - Names, ballots fail to tally in 29 Gaston precincts - NC

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/10210348.htm

BINYAMIN APPELBAUM

Staff Writer

Thu, Nov. 18, 2004

GASTONIA - More than half the precincts in Gaston County failed to
record the same number of voters and votes on Election Day, the latest
in a series of problems with the way the county conducted, counted and
reported the Nov. 2 election.

An Observer review found that 29 of the county's 46 precincts reported
a difference between the number of ballots cast and the number of
voters signed in by poll workers.

The discrepancies raise the possibility that in some precincts people
could have voted twice, while in others people might have cast ballots
that were not counted.

"What you're sharing with me is highly irritating," said Gaston
Elections Director Sandra Page, who said she had not known of the
problems.

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1. Dr. Dill: NC "has the worst election problem in the country NOW!"

A Florida Style Nightmare - North Carolina Citizens
Demand Verified Voting Measures

North Carolina "has the worst election problem in the
country RIGHT NOW according to Dr. David Dill of
Stanford University. Election Officials bamboozled by
slick claims of voting machine salesmen, salesmen
failed to warn of flaws and limitations that caused
disaster on November 2

(PRWEB) November 17, 2004 -- "NC has the worst
election problem in the country RIGHT NOW." - November
11, 2004 Computer scientist Dr. David L. Dill of
Stanford University.

"A Florida-style nightmare has unfolded in North
Carolina in the days since Election Day, with
thousands of votes missing and the outcome of two
statewide races still up in the air." Steve Hartsoe,
AP Newswire, Nov 13, 2004

How can we trust our key decision-makers when they
ignore the seriousness of the problem?

"Except for the lost votes in Carteret County, Gary
Bartlett, executive director of the North Carolina
State Board of Elections, called the problems 'easily
remedied and lessons learned.' " AP Newswire, Nov 13,
2004. This is definitely a rosy view to an election
where citizens votes were lost, public totals were
mis-tabulated, thousands of provisional ballots were
generated, thousands of absentee and early ballots
were “misplaced“, and two state-wide races still
unresolved.

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http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/11/prwebxml178812.php

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2. and Ms. Page scores a ?? on the professionalism scale