Fla. Elections Officials Find 2002 Data

[Rose Siding]

MIAMI - Miami-Dade County elections officials said Friday that they have found detailed electronic voting records from the 2002 gubernatorial primary that were originally believed lost in computer crashes last year.


"The data has been located on a compact disc that was in the files of the election office," said Seth Kaplan, spokesman for the office of Supervisor Constance Kaplan. "We are very pleased."


When the loss was initially reported this week, state officials had stressed that no votes were lost in the actual election. The record of those votes had been believed lost during the crashes in May and November of 2003.


Seth Kaplan said that backup disc was likely lost due to transition in the office within the past year. Constance Kaplan took over as elections supervisor in July 2003.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040730/ap_on_el_pr/florida_voting

[iconoclastic cat]

1. So they can burn my vote to a CD, the expunge the record?

Yeah, that makes me feel safe.

[Brotherjohn]

2. This only further demonstrates how easy it is to tamper with electronic...

... voting.

"Gee. We lost the disk with the election results in the move, but now we've found it! I know we had said that 'the dog ate it' before, but here it is! The disk with the corrected... um, er... I mean "original" data on it!"

[Career Prole]

17. "Oh no", they assured. "This is the original data!"

"See? The little write-protect thingie is slid over!"

Aggregate media reply: "Ah, well that's alright, then!"
:eyes:

[dweller]

3. you mean the

"new and improved version"?

dp

[Maeve]

4. Well, look what the dog coughed up!

Better than it coming out the other end....

[nolabels]

5. Did it come up whole?

Or were pieces missing or kind of chewed up a little?


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[shraby]

7. Kinda makes me think of

Bush's National Guard records, huh?

[klook]

12. Hilarious product pic

"Mad Dog CD Drives...They chew your data up and spit it out."

[DeadHead67]

6. The Dog ate my Homework ! Honest !

Does anybody actually believe this BULLSHIT?!!!!:puke:

[MGKrebs]

8. Ah yes! the old "it was destroyed but now we found it" gambit.

deja vu.

[WI_DEM]

9. I wonder if they will ever find votes from 2000

in some file cabinet or behind it.

[truthisfreedom]

10. hahahahahaaaaaaaaaa! exactly like the pentagon suddenly discovered w's

missing records. hahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaa!

[jburton]

11. Remember the Sat Nite Live character?

The Church Lady?

How conVEENient...

[InkAddict]

16. Altogether now

I once was lost
But now I'm found
Was blind, but now I see!

Wasn't her name Grace. How Amazing!

[Myrina]

13. Does this mean Jeb has to step down now ?

Are those votes gonna be counted ? :shrug:

[candy331]

19. Ha ha ha , "what a tangled web one weaves when one practices

to deceive" or shall I say steal votes.

[Mokito]

14. The Repubs seem to lose a lot lately...

Lets hope the vote is no exception.

[Gyre]

15. What a completely fucked up state!

[Joanne98]

18. Do you believe this?

Unbelievable!!!!!!!!!