Word: fiascoes
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...Then there's the issue of restoring the American electorate's faith in its ability to cast votes that count. After the 2000 voting fiasco in Florida, some localities rushed to correct their tabulation problems. While this year's primary voting showed there are still plenty of glitches to be fixed, in Florida and elsewhere, voters are hopeful they will be able to pull, push or check for their candidate of choice with a minimum degree of hassle or confusion...
...legendary Filipino monster, turns into a fascinating examination of how dysfunctional mother-daughter relationships can turn lead to loving grandmother-granddaughter relationships. While most of the stories hew closely to the coming-of-age theme, Barry occasionally slips in a piece, like the one about the 2000 presidential election fiasco, that doesn't really jibe with the rest of the book...
...primary balloting last week, especially in the populous southern counties of Miami-Dade and Broward, poll workers couldn't even boot up many of the new touch-screen voting machines, part of a $30 million upgrade undertaken after Florida's 2000 presidential recount debacle. Because of the voting fiasco, it took all of last week for state officials to confirm that Tampa attorney Bill McBride had narrowly, and stunningly, upset former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno in the Democratic contest to face Governor Jeb Bush. The two counties have until this week to revise their results, but a different outcome...
...Last week's gubernatorial fiasco in Florida may have been a blessing in disguise for proponents of election reform. The state's latest voting glitches, which left the results of the Democratic primary for governor up in the air for days, refocused lawmakers and the public on the system's inherent problems and the dire need for corrections - and an influx of cash...
...General Janet Reno refused to rule out a legal challenge to the results. Unofficial tallies showed that Reno, who wants to be the Democratic candidate to fight Florida's Republican Governor Jeb Bush in November, trailed newcomer Bill McBride by less than 1% of the vote. Following the 2000 fiasco, Florida spent $32 million on a new computerized voting system. But the machines rejected many voters' identification cards. Said election supervisor Gisela Salas: "Many election workers did not know how to operate the machines." COLOMBIA Words of Warning A rebel leader said that the Colombian government's refusal to agree...