[ale] Is there any way to stop this travesty? -- NO, of course not!

[Irv Mullins]

On Friday 23 August 2002 10:48 am, you wrote:
> Let me quote from today's AJC:
>
> By Michael Pearson
> "Software problems and human error prevented some voters
> in Tuesday's primary from trying out Georgia's new touch-screen
> election system.
>
> <SNIP>
>
> "In Fulton County, at least 11 percent of the touch-screen
> machines failed.  Some froze up like balky home computers, while
> others got stuck in a mode that effectively locked up the
> machines. . . .<snip>
>
> "Chris Rigall, a spokesman for the secretary of state's office,
> attributed the problems to errors by poll workers, a glitch in the
> Windows operating system and problems with electronic cards that
> replace paper ballots and ballot boxes."

Latest election results from Palm Beach....
In the Presidential Race:

Abort - 57%,
Retry - 25%
Ignore - 15%

Irv


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