sunshinekathy
11-02-2008, 10:05 AM
November 1, 2008
If the presidential results are close, the number of yet-to-be-counted ballots may be larger than the spread between candidates in swing states.
If the vote count is close on Tuesday night, there's a good chance Americans will become as familiar with a special kind of voting - known as a provisional ballot - as they were with hanging chads in Florida in the aftermath of Florida's disputed 2000 presidential election.
That is because in several battle ground states the number of provisional ballots - which have to be checked one by one after Election Day to validate the voter's registration information before counting - plus the number of uncounted mail-in ballots are likely to exceed the margins of victory.
In other words, if it is a close vote, you can expect Republican and Democratic Party lawyers to start fighting over the state-by-state and county-by-county rules concerning provisional ballot eligibility. Provisional ballots were created by Congress after the 2000 election, but each state was given the leeway to implement its own rules for accepting or rejection these ballots.
Read the entire article here:
http://www.alternet.org/democracy/105724/if_tuesday%27s_vote_is_close%2C_get_ready_for_a_slow_count/?page=1
or
http://tinyurl.com/6nvamy
For a list of sources for the Alternet article:
http://kathydopp.com/serendipity/
If the presidential results are close, the number of yet-to-be-counted ballots may be larger than the spread between candidates in swing states.
If the vote count is close on Tuesday night, there's a good chance Americans will become as familiar with a special kind of voting - known as a provisional ballot - as they were with hanging chads in Florida in the aftermath of Florida's disputed 2000 presidential election.
That is because in several battle ground states the number of provisional ballots - which have to be checked one by one after Election Day to validate the voter's registration information before counting - plus the number of uncounted mail-in ballots are likely to exceed the margins of victory.
In other words, if it is a close vote, you can expect Republican and Democratic Party lawyers to start fighting over the state-by-state and county-by-county rules concerning provisional ballot eligibility. Provisional ballots were created by Congress after the 2000 election, but each state was given the leeway to implement its own rules for accepting or rejection these ballots.
Read the entire article here:
http://www.alternet.org/democracy/105724/if_tuesday%27s_vote_is_close%2C_get_ready_for_a_slow_count/?page=1
or
http://tinyurl.com/6nvamy
For a list of sources for the Alternet article:
http://kathydopp.com/serendipity/