Item: The ballot was designed by the WPB Supervisor of elections; a DEMOCRAT.
Item: Sample ballots were sent to all voters. If there was a comprehension problem there was time BEFORE the election to bring it up.
Item: The Reform party has ALWAYS done well in Palm Beach County. There are well over 3500 independents registered there versus about 100 for the adjoining county.Item: The early media announcment of victory for Gore BEFORE the polls had closed on the west coast caused some people to leave the polls without voting, convinced that their vote now made no difference.
All those who want a recount in Florida had better consider that the Republicans could ligitimately ask for a recount in New Mexico where 68,00 early and absentee ballots were not counted due to a "data glitch" and in Missouri, where polls were kept open past the court-mandated closing time. And this is only two places. There are probably others.

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