posted on November 17, 2000 04:09:14 AM
ABC news barely covered this story.
Several days after presidential votes were tallied in what has become the hotbed of Florida’s post-election confusion, police in Palm Beach County confiscated a ballot-box mechanism from the car of a well-known local Democrat.
The mechanism, called a “Votomatic,” did not contain any ballots. It’s a device used on some types of ballot boxes to punch votes through ballot cards, which are then tallied by computers.
According to a police report filed at the Palm Beach County sheriff’s office and obtained by ABCNEWS, Irving Slosberg, 53, pulled the mechanism from his car and handed it over to police on Nov. 11 after denying to a county government employee that he had it.
posted on November 17, 2000 04:22:29 AM
I guess Palm Beach voting machines are a hot item. Here's another one that 'walked away' with some of the infamous "Butterfly Ballots". They mentioned the thieves planned to sell it on eBay. I can only wonder what the auction title could have been "Palm Beach Voting, You choose the president"
