OT: the election (was Re: popup update question)

[Nancy Palmquist]

Kenneth Brody wrote:

> John Esak wrote:
> 
>>Okay, I'm going to top-post this because I don't really want anyone to
>>_have_ to read the below stuff if they don't want to... it is so convoluted
>>and mixed up it reminds me of the Florida Voting Booth question. Are you
>>sure you don't want to not vote for the Kerry team?  :-)
> 
> 
> It's worse than that:
> 
>     http://www.snopes.com/politics/ballot/travis.asp
> 
>     [...]
> 
>     Yesterday a friend voted early at a polling location in Austin. She
>     voted straight Democratic. When she did the final check, lo and behold
>     every vote was for the Democratic candidates except that it showed she
>     had voted for Bush/Cheney for president/vice pres. 
> 
>     She immediately got a poll official. On her vote, it was corrected.
>     She called the Travis County Democratic headquarters. They took all
>     her information, and told her that she wasn't the first to report a
>     similar incident and that they are looking into it.
> 
>     [...]
> 
> [...]
> 
Is this a direct story from a friend that had it happen to them 
personally or is this a type of urban legend?

Why was your friend voting on Monday?

What kind of voting devise do they use in Autin?
Nancy

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