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[furrbear]

3,400 votes vanish from Florida election

Son of Hanging Chad

Florida elections officials are determining whether they can give their counterparts in Palm Beach County more time to certify voting results of an election last week, following the revelation that more than 3,400 ballots have vanished into thin air.

Arthur Anderson, Palm Beach's supervisor of Elections certified the results Tuesday, but that was before at least two members of the county's canvassing board were informed of the discrepancy. The shortfall is creating something of dilemma for elections officials, who are torn between following the schedule mandated for Florida law and ensuring voters aren't penalized by the mistakes of public servants.

This latest episode has disturbing implications for counties and municipalities throughout the country. The ballots were used with new $5.5m optical-scan machines made by Sequoia Voting Systems. Many elections officials, including California Secretary of State Debra Bowen, have held out optical scans as a safer alternative to electronic voting systems.

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[ursusarctos.livejournal.com]

Arthur Anderson, Palm Beach's supervisor of Elections If you hadn't provided the link I would have thought you were messing with me. I wonder if he's going to change his name to Ac Centure?

[furrbear.livejournal.com]

If you were an IT conslutant instead of a petal-pusher, you'd know that it's pronounced, Ass-Enter.