GamblersGrin Posted October 9, 2004 Share Posted October 9, 2004 here we go again http://www.freep.com/news/statewire/sw105411_20041008.htm Misprinted ballots raise concerns before being replaced October 8, 2004, 7:16 PM LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Nearly 70 voters in Alma who applied for absentee ballots got misprinted ballots that some feared could cause their votes for Democrats John Kerry and John Edwards to go to Republicans George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. On the absentee ballots, voters mark their choice by filling in a space between the head and tail of the arrow. The misprinted ballots had arrows shifted down one position so the arrow pointing to a vote for the Republicans, who were first on the ballot ahead of the Democrats, was missing. Some people said that could cause votes for Kerry-Edwards to be miscounted, because the arrows were in the wrong position. The error was pointed out by a voter on Tuesday, Department of State spokeswoman Kelly Chesney said Friday. As a result, the Alma clerk -- who is nonpartisan -- has issued corrected ballots to all the voters who got the misprinted ballots. A process also has been put in place to ensure that the initial ballot will not be counted, Chesney said. Even if the ballot misprint hadn't been caught by a voter, extensive pre-election testing would have discovered the error, she said. The situation was being treated on some Web logs as a repeat of the infamous "butterfly" ballot that caused some voters to miscast their votes in the 2000 Florida presidential election. But Chesney said the incident was simply a printing error that was corrected as soon as it was discovered. Michigan Democratic Party spokesman Jason Moon took the mistake in stride. "We were made aware of it. We informed our lawyers. To our knowledge it was a printing error and it has been taken care of," he said. ------ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikolaTesla/paperclips Posted October 9, 2004 Share Posted October 9, 2004 haha, those tricky ass repbulicans, they'll try anyting.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Issac Brock Posted October 9, 2004 Share Posted October 9, 2004 Originally posted by NikolaTesla/paperclips@Oct 9 2004, 01:06 PM haha, those tricky ass repbulicans, they'll try anyting.. Quoted post someone who is organizing voting for them was in jail for computer hacking and shit. they are already cheating. amazing how corrupt our government is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferris Bueller Posted October 10, 2004 Share Posted October 10, 2004 My sister goes to school in Florida, and there was some organization registering people to vote on campus. Apparently they were checking the "Republican" boxes before people would actually get the opportunity to fill out the forms. Pretty shady. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poop Man Bob Posted October 10, 2004 Share Posted October 10, 2004 Here's a copy of the ballot that's being referred to: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferris Bueller Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 Haha...that's just ridiculous. Obviously NOT an error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAustin Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 I'm more concerned about all the republican owned electronic voting devices that are being used. that just seems like it should be non-partisan owned...but I don't really know how you could regulate that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledzep Posted October 13, 2004 Share Posted October 13, 2004 Originally posted by Ferris Bueller@Oct 10 2004, 08:53 PM Haha...that's just ridiculous. Obviously NOT an error. Quoted post The most advancec nation today can't even get a voting ballot done well? Obviously not an error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbertolio Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 I had better get a ballot card that's not shady...That seamed to be printed like that on pupose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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