[HPforGrownups] (OT: Pol) Protests against George W. Voldemort

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 5606

Amanda Lewanski wrote:

> A factoid for those following this: I have heard that the fabled 19,000
> discounted ballots included those that were handed in as mistakes by voters, who
> then received a new ballot. It is not clear how many were actual double votes, and
> how many were "mistake" ballots that were not counted because the voter returned
> it and requested and completed a subsequent ballot.

Found it. It was reported by Mary Matalin on CNN's "Crossfire" this week.

Snip from the summary on Limbaugh's page:

Mary Matalin called a poll worker in Palm Beach County and guess what she learned?
These disputed 19,000 ballots were discarded. They came from people who went on to
recast their vote after having made a mistake - a mistake that was caught and
corrected.

In other words, it's not 19,000 people who double punched a ballot, turned it in,
then had it discovered and thrown out. These are people who knew that they had made
the mistake of double punching the ballot, requested a new ballot, and recast their
vote.
<end quote>

Amazing this isn't being reported, eh? she asks sarcastically. I checked the CNN
page but I can't do the download right to see it. Anybody with cable catch this? It
seems tremendously relevant to the furor going on down there, and I'd like to hear
it straight from the reporter.

--Amanda