"No one has made any claim that Palm Beach County officials refused to give voters new ballots if they screwed up. Considering the political makeup of the county, the officials would probably have mostly been Democrat voters themselves." --- First off, (in theory) if Democrats are denied the right to vote by other Democrats, wouldn't the law look at that situation the same as if it were Republicans doing so? Does election law allow for different standards of conduct within a party (or from a Democratic official to Democrat-leaning voters) than between parties? Since affiliation with a party doesn't always indicate similar beliefs (Arlen Specter and Jesse Helms; Tom Harkin and Charles Schumer). I must plead ignorance of this section of arcane Florida law (most likely joined by 99.44% of Florida before Tuesday). Second, while Nathan's points may be true, but IIRC there are numerous reports of precinct workers being unable to reach the Board of Elections (this went on for hours). When voters had questions that could not be answered by the precinct workers, there was no way to receive guidance. Also, it seems that precincts had insufficient supplies of affadavits (for those whose registration was mucked up) eventually many of those people in need of affadavits were turned away. For those who asked questions and were given incorrect answers or no answer at all, and for those denied the ability to vote for lack of supplies, is there no remedy under Florida law? (I am asking here, not trying to extract a particular answer) It would seem as if those voters--who likely are a much smaller subset than 19,000--did everything in their power to vote with all necessary caution and intelligence. Are those people liable for mistakes made by elected or appointed officials? Kenny
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