AP- Cleveland paper Ohio voter story

[DemGa]

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CLEVELAND - A polling place that served two adjoining precincts counted hundreds of votes for fringe presidential candidates Nov. 2, apparently because poll workers didn't instruct voters to use only the machines for their precinct, a newspaper reported Friday.


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=536&e=6&u=/ap/20041210/ap_on_el_ge/voting_problems

[berni_mccoy]

1. Whoa, finally!

Bump this story to a big fat FIVE rating!

[johnnie]

3. Yeah..I thought it was pretty cool

[jdog]

2. Kick Excellent!

"Voting procedures have been under scrutiny." I guess you could say that ;)

[Straight Shooter]

4. "showed the need for more poll worker training."

The bush policy of pass the blame has certaintly entrenched itself in election politics, hasn't it?

[democrat_patriot]

5. Rated - 4.04

[witchhazl]

6. Good story for a start, BUT. . .

Don't you think it's significant that the first real story AP reports, there's a built-in explanation for just "worker error," nothing else at work here-- even though of course it hurt Kerry.

This voting "irregularity," like so many, is rooted in "anomalous statistics." They're willing to acknowledge this anomaly only because they can find a relatively innocuous explanation. When similarly strange statistical patterns show up, they refuse to acknowledge them-- because the only explanation suggests fraud.
They won't go there.

[pipes]

7. It is going down 3.96 We are being freeped...n/t

[RaulVB]

8. Busted!

Boy, how I love the smell of victory!

[Griffy]

9. ONLY taking to the streets will get this story REALLY out

Plan to protest and plan on DC in January 3-6 at least

[understandinglife]

10. NYTimes has picked up a separate, but relevant AP story....

....link:

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Unsettled-Election.html?oref=login

Peace.

"When Did Bush Know?"