Repeat - another disputed election in the works
puremagic
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We go around the world and monitor elections to make sure they are performed properly and we can't get it right in our own backyard.
Like this country doesn't need another disputed election, but as long we have poll workers who are 'legally' allowed to take home voting machines and voters ballots we are going to continue to have this mess. As long as we have corrupt local, State and federal officials willing to stand by questionable practices, we are goingt to continue to have this mess. We go around the world and monitor elections to make sure they are performed properly and we can't get it right in our own backyard.
http://blackboxvoting.com/s9/
Friday, September 12. 2008
Palm Beach Fiasco: Officials Say Ballots Not Trashed
Palm Beach County Florida still can't account for 3,400 missing ballots. So on September 10, the Florida Voters Coalition Called on State to Secure Palm Beach Elections . The very next day, an explanation was floated - a sort of "Dog ate my homework" theory: the ballots were accidentally thrown away. Today, officials dispute the claim and say the ballots were not thrown away, and the theory is an "urban legend".
Missing ballots mistaken for trash? Reported by: Tim Malloy Sept 11, 2008
..."Were they inadvertently thrown out by elections officials who thought they
were trash? NewsChannel 5 has exclusively learned that is the leading theory on officials' minds...We've learned that the ballots in question, likely came from a precinct in Boynton Beach."
3,400 ballots is alot to be missing from a single polling place, unless that place was an early voting site, which serves more voters for more days. Boynton Beach did host an early voting site at West Boynton Branch Library, 9451 Jog Road, Boynton Beach.
Then today, Sept 12, Election Officials say that the ballots were NOT thrown out! Ccommissioner McCarty called this theory an "Urban Legend."
Election workers: Ballots not trashed Reported by: Eric Glasser Sept 12, 2008
..."It did not happen," insisted Palm Beach County Commissioner Mary McCarty. "I can't say that a garbage bag didn't come here. Nobody knows what it had in it."
"All I can tell you," added Brad Merriman, heading up the ballot recount, "is that ballots left the precincts in ballot boxes. That's how they were transported."
For a third time county workers found themselves recounting nearly 100,000 votes by hand, trying to figure out why their first recount, stemming from a disputed judge's race, showed a disparity of nearly 3,500 votes from the original tally on election night.
"We have identified that we have found some ballots that were not counted during the recount," said Merriman, although not being specific.
So we have the sherriffs department (who transports the ballots) saying one thing, and election officials (who account for the ballots) saying another. It still isn't clear if the chain of custody procedures were violated. Did the Sheriffs dept transport a trashbag from any of the polling places? Lets hope that procedures are put into place to prevent the missing of ballots in the November 04, 2008 election.
***UPDATE*** Ballots found say election officials.
Palm Beach County's missing ballots appear to be found By Mark Hollis | South Florida Sun-Sentinel September 12, 2008
...Investigators searching for nearly 3,500 missing ballots from the Aug. 26 election say they have located a "substantial number"— and perhaps nearly all — of the unaccounted-for ballots.
Despite rumors, the ballots hadn't been mistakenly dumped in a landfill or left behind at voting precincts. Rather, they were found in the county's vote-tabulating center near West Palm Beach. ...more at the link
Like this country doesn't need another disputed election, but as long we have poll workers who are 'legally' allowed to take home voting machines and voters ballots we are going to continue to have this mess. As long as we have corrupt local, State and federal officials willing to stand by questionable practices, we are goingt to continue to have this mess. We go around the world and monitor elections to make sure they are performed properly and we can't get it right in our own backyard.
http://blackboxvoting.com/s9/
Friday, September 12. 2008
Palm Beach Fiasco: Officials Say Ballots Not Trashed
Palm Beach County Florida still can't account for 3,400 missing ballots. So on September 10, the Florida Voters Coalition Called on State to Secure Palm Beach Elections . The very next day, an explanation was floated - a sort of "Dog ate my homework" theory: the ballots were accidentally thrown away. Today, officials dispute the claim and say the ballots were not thrown away, and the theory is an "urban legend".
Missing ballots mistaken for trash? Reported by: Tim Malloy Sept 11, 2008
..."Were they inadvertently thrown out by elections officials who thought they
were trash? NewsChannel 5 has exclusively learned that is the leading theory on officials' minds...We've learned that the ballots in question, likely came from a precinct in Boynton Beach."
3,400 ballots is alot to be missing from a single polling place, unless that place was an early voting site, which serves more voters for more days. Boynton Beach did host an early voting site at West Boynton Branch Library, 9451 Jog Road, Boynton Beach.
Then today, Sept 12, Election Officials say that the ballots were NOT thrown out! Ccommissioner McCarty called this theory an "Urban Legend."
Election workers: Ballots not trashed Reported by: Eric Glasser Sept 12, 2008
..."It did not happen," insisted Palm Beach County Commissioner Mary McCarty. "I can't say that a garbage bag didn't come here. Nobody knows what it had in it."
"All I can tell you," added Brad Merriman, heading up the ballot recount, "is that ballots left the precincts in ballot boxes. That's how they were transported."
For a third time county workers found themselves recounting nearly 100,000 votes by hand, trying to figure out why their first recount, stemming from a disputed judge's race, showed a disparity of nearly 3,500 votes from the original tally on election night.
"We have identified that we have found some ballots that were not counted during the recount," said Merriman, although not being specific.
So we have the sherriffs department (who transports the ballots) saying one thing, and election officials (who account for the ballots) saying another. It still isn't clear if the chain of custody procedures were violated. Did the Sheriffs dept transport a trashbag from any of the polling places? Lets hope that procedures are put into place to prevent the missing of ballots in the November 04, 2008 election.
***UPDATE*** Ballots found say election officials.
Palm Beach County's missing ballots appear to be found By Mark Hollis | South Florida Sun-Sentinel September 12, 2008
...Investigators searching for nearly 3,500 missing ballots from the Aug. 26 election say they have located a "substantial number"— and perhaps nearly all — of the unaccounted-for ballots.
Despite rumors, the ballots hadn't been mistakenly dumped in a landfill or left behind at voting precincts. Rather, they were found in the county's vote-tabulating center near West Palm Beach. ...more at the link
SIN EATERS--We take the moral excrement we find in this equation and we bury it down deep inside of us so that the rest of our case can stay pure. That is the job. We are morally indefensible and absolutely necessary.
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