Touch screens reduced spoiled ballots

[Freddie Stubbs]

BY ANDRES VIGLUCCI

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In November 2000, the voting precinct at Lillie C. Evans Elementary School in Liberty City was among the worst embarrassments in a dysfunctional presidential election: of 868 punch-card ballots, 113 were discarded as ''overvotes'' or ''undervotes,'' the worst rate in Miami-Dade County.

What a difference four years and $25 million for new voting equipment make.

When 755 people voted for president this month on touch-screen machines at Precinct 255 at the school, there wasn't a single chad in evidence, hanging or otherwise.

In fact, there wasn't a single discarded vote.

more: http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/10242607.htm

[jdj]

1. So, they are saying that in Florida of all places, 100 fewer people

voted this election than last?????

My ass...some votes got discarded, and the jackass didn't even question his own numbers.

[WhoWantsToBeOccupied]

2. And we know every vote counted because....????

Have they matched the number of votes to the number who signed in to vote?

Why did 868 people vote in 2000 and only 755 in 2004?

(I can't view the article. Perhaps it answers these basic questions?)

[paz]

3. 755 + 133 = 868

What happened to those other 113 voters?

[jdj]

4. they were discarded.

[paz]

5. Corrected to 755 +113 = 868

[jdj]

6. Diebold, is that you?

Just kidding, :hi:

[mulethree]

7. 100% turnout

755 registered voters and 755 votes

In 2000 there were 1331 registered voters and 868 voted.

Precinct #255 Miami Dade County

http://elections.metro-dade.com/currstat.html

[Laelth]

8. Oh, I see.

The rolls were successfully purged! Good work, R's. :puke:

-Laelth

[ItsThePeopleStupid]

10. I sent an email to the 'reporter' and cc'd ombudsman

At least they will know people aren't taking this whitewashing at face value.

[CAcyclist]

11. Thanks! I wrote the author an email highlighting this

If we send a lot of letters, maybe they will take another look.

[Fovea]

9. Yeah

out of the 755 voters at the polling place
4000 of them voted for Bush.
Not a single spoiled ballot.

[ibegurpard]

12. and how do we know

that during the tabulation process, numbers weren't "adjusted" so that people's "ballots" don't match the final count? We don't. There ARE no ballots.

[depakid]

13. EXACTLY

of course they reduced spoilage. There aren't any ballots. DUH!

Americans never cease to amaze me at how stupid they are.

I can't find my way out of here fast enough.