Vote Count "Glitches" Haunt Bush's Supposed Mandate

by WD

Mon, Nov 8, 2004 9:15AM

While Democratic leaders have gone missing since the November 2nd election, activists on the web and radio have overcome their post election depression and are beginning to investigate the vote count irregularities across the nation.

Due to a discovery by members of DemocraticUnderground.com, the City of Gahanna in Ohio discovered a discrepancy that gave 4,000 votes to George Bush. After media scrutiny, city officials have admitted to an electronic "glitch" that caused the problem.

In Florida, errors in software code caused a referendum on gambling to be completely overturned. The error caused totals to count backwards after reaching a ceiling of 32,500 votes. The problem existed in the 2002 election as well however the issue was never resolved by the manufacturer of the electronic voting machine.

Even in North Carolina, a Craven County district logged 11,283 more votes than voters and actually overturned the results of a regional race.

Now that activists on the web know the signs of error or fraud, expect a rash of reports over the next week and corrections by county officials across the nation.

Additionally, the group BlackBoxVoting.org has started a series of Freedom of Information Act requests to examine electronic voting machines and possibly petition for a manual recount across many states.

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