Monday, November 13, 2000
LAST
week, at the height of the election
deadlock, Foxnews.com
asked viewers to share their stories of
irregularities in polling places around
the country in an effort to illustrate
that problems happen everywhere - not just
Florida. In the course of reading through
the mail, we noticed that - despite the
high drama of the moment - many of you
managed to maintain a sense of humor about
all this. Many, in fact, were too good to
keep to ourselves. Herewith, then, some
light-hearted reader commentary on
Indecision 2000.
I voted for George
W. Bush, but at the time was under the
impression that I was voting for his dad.
I would now like to have the entire state
of CT redo the election. Can you help me
or, in the alternative, tell me where if
can find an attorney who will sue
everybody so that I get to have my
way. Craig
Problem,
Me and approximately 250,000 of my friends
voted for Al Gore but intended to
vote for George W. Bush. We just made a mistake in the ballot
box. You should trust this because we
cried and we believe our rights were taken
away. So just go ahead and switch those votes
to Gov. Bush. David
How many Palm Beach
Democrats does it take to screw in a
lighbulb? None. They cant find the hole! Anonymous
I picked the wrong
lottery numbers from last night. Now that
I found out the numbers, can I re-pick
numbers after I know the results so I can
win the money???? tim
I
was in a crack-induced haze. Do I get a
chance to revote, if I don't remember for
whom I voted? Ted
We use a punch card
system in Ft. Myers, Fla. While I was
voting, a flying bug got stuck in my eye
and caused my eye to well up with water.
This of course impaired my vision. Because
my vision was impaired I realized that I
accidentally voted for Al Gore. Upon
realizing this tragic and grave mistake, I
left the voting booth, folded the ballot
in half, walked across the room, and then
reluctantly dropped the ballot in the
ballot box. Since this election is so close and
there is no doubt that the bug was still
flying around the polls when I left, there
is a possibility that other people may
have accidentally voted for Al Gore.
Therefore, if the will of the people is to
prevail, all people who had bugs in their
eyes while voting should be able to recast
their vote. Scott
I
could have made a mistake when I voted in
Louisiana. If Florida gets to vote again,
can we vote again in Louisiana too? Why
not let all states vote again? Kay
I experienced some
irregularity while voting in Washington
state. I had been eating a diet really
consisting of a lot of breads, etc. and I
just started cramping up right in the
booth while voting. In Washington we use a
"connect the dots" method of voting.
Because of the pain that I was in, I just
started scribbling all over the page. I am
not certain for whom I voted. Since my experience in the booth I have
been on a steady diet of greens and prunes
and am feeling much better. I think that
if Washington State had a re-vote I would
be in better condition to know what was on
the ballot instead of fighting off the
pain of constipation. I really appreciate Fox News opening up
the forum like this for me to air this
problem. I do not think that it is
unreasonable to think that there are many
others in the state of Washington -- and
perhaps nationwide -- that were suffering
from constipation. This would make voting
really difficult. There should be a
mandated period of at least 48 hours where
everyone is only allowed to eat greens.
That would really take care of this issue
in the future. Brad |