1) The ballot form was made public and widely distributed well in
advance of the election. The print was larger than normal to assist the
elderly. The ballot was a single page. If they had used a conventional
list then it would've been two pages long (possibly with Gore on the
second page). Both parties saw nothing wrong with the form and approved
it's use.
2) How many people thought that they were voting for Buchanan when
inadervtently they marked Gore? How many thought that they were marking
Bush but punched the hole for another candidate?
Juan Zuluaga wrote:
>
> ---------- Forwarded Message ----------
> Date: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 3:57 PM -0500
> From: Greg Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Subject: important: election results
>
> As you probably all know, Bush has 1700 more votes in Florida over Gore.
> However, folks in Palm Beach were complaining that their ballots were
> confusing, and many people voted for Buchanan when they thought they were
> voting for Gore. With the help of my wife Chris, I analyzed the county by
> county presidential results for Florida. The results are clear: the ballot
> for Palm Beach cost Gore approximately 2200 votes. A simple regression of
> Buchanan's vote on Bush's vote shows that Buchanan should have only gotten
> 800 votes, not 3400.
>
> Don't believe me? Look for yourself: It's not even close! Palm Beach is
> an outlier beyond all belief!!!
>
> http://madison.hss.cmu.edu/palm-beach.pdf
>
> I need help getting these results out to the world. If you have media
> contacts or now how to tip them, please have them contact me asap. Thanks.
>
> ---------- End Forwarded Message ----------
>
> -------------------------------------------------
> David Krackhardt, Professor of Organizations
> Academic homepage (address, etc.): http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/~krack/academic/
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