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...requested my absentee ballot on the day of registration, when the Institute of Politics (IOP) was signing up all those people to vote," she said. "Then the election board in my county sent me a notice reminding that I hadn't yet sent in my ballot. But by then it was only two days before the election, and it was too late...
Democratic charges of voting problems gained strength over the course of the morning, as uncounted ballot boxes were discovered and charges of voter tampering came to light...
...there controversy over the Palm Beach ballot form...
...There were 10 presidential candidates in Florida, and in most counties they were on a single ballot form. But in Palm Beach, where a lot of elderly people reside, officials decided to use larger type and spread the candidates over two sheets. And the unorthodox configuration placed the Gore punch hole near Buchanan's - Gore's hole is third but his name is second from the left hand side, opposite Buchanan's punch hole. And Democratic officials believe this created a confusion that saw Buchanan get a number of Gore votes. But it remains to be seen whether their lawyers...
...Americans finally find out whom they elected president, they will face a number of questions. If the recount holds up for George W. Bush, the founding fathers and the people will disagree for the first time in more than a century. What then? A crisis of methodology - can a ballot really be so unreadable as to induce a wealthy Jewish senior to vote for Pat Buchanan? Could a rash news media's conjured-up Florida roller coaster actually have affected the outcome of an election that in the western states was ongoing...