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The good news is that with only 86 people voting it cuts down on the hanging-chad problem.
Robert J. Elisberg: The PreCurse of the Golden Globes Rides Yet Again Robert J. Elisberg 2012
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The unbridgeable public-policy gulf that exists now between the Democrats and Republicans unable even to do a debt-ceiling deal opened long before the hanging-chad recount.
Whatever Happened to 9/11? Daniel Henninger 2011
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The good news is that with only 86 people voting it cuts down on the hanging-chad problem.
Robert J. Elisberg: The PreCurse of the Golden Globes Rides Again Robert J. Elisberg 2011
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The good news is that with only 86 people voting it cuts down on the hanging-chad problem.
Robert J. Elisberg: The PreCurse of the Golden Globes Returns 2010
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For those who aren't familiar with the case, in a nutshell, during the 2000 campaign season when Siegelman, a popular statewide Dem refused to play the Southern Dixiecrat role and back the word-mugging Texas Governor and would-be President-elect during the endorsement and post-November hanging-chad phase — and vociferously came out against Bush, he made an enemy of the administration and its heavily-wattled kneecapper Karl Rove.
Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman (D) Released On Appeal 2008
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For those who aren't familiar with the case, in a nutshell, during the 2000 campaign season when Siegelman, a popular statewide Dem refused to play the Southern Dixiecrat role and back the word-mugging Texas Governor and would-be President-elect during the endorsement and post-November hanging-chad phase — and vociferously came out against Bush, he made an enemy of the administration and its heavily-wattled kneecapper Karl Rove.
Archive 2008-03-01 2008
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Introduced after the 2000 hanging-chad debacle, the machines were originally intended to add clarity to election results.
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Introduced after the 2000 hanging-chad debacle, the machines were originally intended to add clarity to election results.
Commentary on NYTimes: Can You Count On These Machines? 2008
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And the votes cast weren't even of the paper, electronic or even hanging-chad varieties.
Jason Carter: Putting the Can in Candidate - Isn't This How Every Election Should Be? 2008
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Introduced after the 2000 hanging-chad debacle, the machines were originally intended to add clarity to election results.
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