Palm Beach Elections Goes from Missing Ballots to Having too Many

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Friday, September 12. 2008

Palm Beach Elections Goes from Missing Ballots to Having too Many

This could all change, but here's the latest update on the Palm Beach Elections mess:

In Palm Beach County it goes from missing ballots to too many ballots By Mark Hollis | South Florida Sun-Sentinel 6:13 PM EDT, September 12, 2008

It's no longer a missing ballots problem in Palm Beach County. Now there are too many ballots.

After a cumbersome resorting and recounting of ballots from the Aug. 26 election, investigators produced two new troubling findings Friday.

First, auditors have discovered electronic evidence that 110 ballots from voters at a Delray Beach precinct weren't included in election night results. Those votes also weren't included in totals from a recount.

Second, auditors verified that there are 139 more paper ballots on hand at elections offices than the number of ballots reported cast on election night. The combination of the findings means there could be 249 more ballots than were counted on election night - though that estimate could change before an audit is finalized this weekend...
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Posted by Joyce McCloy in Election Day Fiascos at 17:49

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