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[leafofgrass]

In the realm of slightly odd:
Broward Machines Count Backward, Palm Beach Post, November 5, 2004

In the realm of confirming various conspiracy theories:
Glitch Gave Bush Extra Votes in Ohio, AP carried on CNN, November 5, 2004

Well, Filmgirl99 asked if there was going to be a miralce that would save us, and I still think the answer is "no", but at least we

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[ironed_orchid]

If it turns out that the election was stolen, what a bittersweet thing! We can have faith in Americans again, but we lose our democracy!

When I first read this I thought it was perfect, then I wondered if even with all the miscounting it would have still come out to something like 52/48 but perhaps in favour of Kerry, not Bush. Which still says to me that there is a nation divided almost in half over political issues (with a large portion who don't seem to care). Which is actually pretty normal in many democracies, even more so when there are literally only two real parties to choose from.

I agree that the vote counting system you have is ridiculous and seems designed to go wrong rather than to give an accurate record. I think there really needs to be some action taken to fix that. I'm in favour of pencil and paper ballots with human counters and scruntineers myself.

[petitesoeur]

thanks for putting me on to the frank rich article -- i get the sunday times delivered to my doorstep but somehow never get around to reading it until i open it up online