Word: palmes
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Natalie B. Bedoya '04, a resident of Palm Beach County, Florida, was frustrated by the fact that she was not able to cast her vote, one that would have fallen under the Gore column...
...Palm Beach was the focal point of many of yesterday's claims, as charges were aired that confused ballots had led many Gore supporters--potentially hundreds--to unwittingly cast their vote for Pat Buchanan after the ballots in three precincts were misprinted...
Buchanan received over 3,400 votes in Palm Beach County--a fifth of his state total--despite the fact he only received 561 votes in the more populous neighboring Dade County...
...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...