From: Greg Palast
Palm Beach County Screws Up Another Presidential Election
[Source: Adam Weinstein at Mother Jones]
Just in case 2012 hasn't filled you with Bush-Gore-repeat nightmares yet, there's bad news from the South Florida epicenter of the 2000 debacle: Election officials in Palm Beach County say they screwed up at least 60,000 absentee ballots and have to perform a recount.
[Source: Adam Weinstein at Mother Jones]
Just in case 2012 hasn't filled you with Bush-Gore-repeat nightmares yet, there's bad news from the South Florida epicenter of the 2000 debacle: Election officials in Palm Beach County say they screwed up at least 60,000 absentee ballots and have to perform a recount.
That's right: The county that gave you the butterfly ballot is back. An error by the county's printer caused ballots to go out to absentee voters with a typo, and as completed votes roll back into the supervisor's office by mail, volunteer workers have to copy the votes by hand onto new ballots to ensure they're counted by the county's tabulation machines...
The typo affected 60,000 total ballots, but officials estimate they only have to copy about 27,000 by hand to make them count.
Read the full story here: http://www.motherjones.com/
See MoreThe typo affected 60,000 total ballots, but officials estimate they only have to copy about 27,000 by hand to make them count.
Read the full story here: http://www.motherjones.com/
![Palm Beach County Screws Up Another Presidential Election
[Source: Adam Weinstein at Mother Jones]
Just in case 2012 hasn't filled you with Bush-Gore-repeat nightmares yet, there's bad news from the South Florida epicenter of the 2000 debacle: Election officials in Palm Beach County say they screwed up at least 60,000 absentee ballots and have to perform a recount.
That's right: The county that gave you the butterfly ballot is back. An error by the county's printer caused ballots to go out to absentee voters with a typo, and as completed votes roll back into the supervisor's office by mail, volunteer workers have to copy the votes by hand onto new ballots to ensure they're counted by the county's tabulation machines...
The typo affected 60,000 total ballots, but officials estimate they only have to copy about 27,000 by hand to make them count.
Read the full story here: http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012/10/palm-beach-county-screws-another-presidential-election#13515430167671&action=collapse_widget&id=6394731](https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/s480x480/487146_10151227238117128_1946544208_n.jpg)
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