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To: Paleo Conservative
So what?

I'm only pointing out a fact. Don't be so jumpy.

I think it should be corrected. Even though it may be an innocent (and stupid) mistake, it is very misleading.

18 posted on 10/25/2004 7:25:13 PM PDT by mlo
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To: mlo; Jacob Kell
I'm only pointing out a fact. Don't be so jumpy.

I think Ohio ought to ban punch card ballots. The ballots themselves don't even have any markings denoting which election they are for, because they any that are left over can be used in other elections. Besides being less accurate than optically scanned ballots, the fact that blank ballots are the same from election to election means that someone could insert a whole bunch of fradulent ballots into a stack of real ballots, and no one would be able to detect them.

The optically scanned ballots used in my county and many counties aroud the country are only useful for the election for which they were printed. The names of the candidates are plainly listed on the ballot next to two halves of an arrow pointing to each candidate or issue. Marking a ballot is easy; just draw a line connecting the two halves of the arrow. As an anti-fraud measure, all the ballots have a unique serial number. There is a limited number of ballots printed for each election, and no two ballots can have the same serial number.

19 posted on 10/25/2004 7:39:23 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Dan Rather's got to go!)
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