Thursday, October 28, 2004

We are so fucked. Sink, Florida. Sink.

Florida ballots go missing

Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE (Florida), Oct. 28. —

Tens of thousands of postal ballots have gone missing in Florida, sparking concern over irregularities in the poll campaign. Poll officials here are questioning how many of a batch of 58,000 absentee ballots reached voters who requested them more than two weeks ago. State police investigated but found no criminal violations. Hundreds of people have called Broward County elections office to complain that they never got their ballots. The phone system was so overwhelmed that some frustrated voters could not get through. The county election office said the problem involved ballots mailed on 7-8 October, though the number of those actually missing was uncertain. Some absentee ballots mailed on those dates have already been returned to be counted. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement said it investigated and found no criminal violations. The county blamed the U.S. Postal Service. “That is something beyond our control,” deputy supervisor of elections Ms Gisela Salas said.

On another note... Team America is a GREAT movie. I strongly suggest it. It was pretty funny from top to bottom.