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

[Ron Kracht]

On 2 Nov 2004 at 15:56, John Esak wrote:

> >
> > My wife, Kelly, was coming back from the store and heard part of a
> > story on the radio that said they actually opened the polls at one
> > location and the machine already had 2000 votes registered on it. 
> > Go figure!  No details as to for whom or what equipment...she missed
> > part of it, in and out of the car, etc.
> 
> It was two machines... 200 votes each, I think... for Kerry/Edwards...
> I think. Just heard it over my shoulder, too.
> 
> I heard another one earlier today. A woman voted pure Democratic...
> the big button/lever whatever. She checked her receipt vote slip or
> something and it was all Democratic _except_ for the Pres/VP which
> were Bush/Chaney.... she compalined... they said they would look into
> it.
> 
> I think it will all be over tonight... no extra days...
> 
> JE
> 
> (my guess is Bush will take it by Electoral College... and maybe lose
> the popular vote again??  Who knows.
> 
> 
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PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 5:04 p.m.: A morning post 
at the Drudge Report brought a little storm of mayhem to the 
polls at a Salvation Army at 11th and Hunterdon St. in North 
Philadelphia. Drudge cited unattributed reports that hundreds 
of votes had been planted on voting machines at the site. 
Members of the media quickly descended on the African 
American and Latino neighborhood, causing Kerry volunteers 
to worry that voters would be intimidated by all the commotion. 
Hours later, city officials made statements confirming that poll 
workers had mistaken an analog counter registering the 
number of votes the machines had ever recorded for new 
votes, which are displayed on a digital screen.