Word: fraud
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...voters and whom they voted for. Hard-core civil libertarians might contest the possibility that such a system wouldn't maintain voter anonymity. But stipulations could be legislated to prevent disclosure of this information except in the event of a court order based on substantiated allegations of voter fraud...
...This was in violation of a 1998 anti-fraud law naming the voter ID numbers as one of nine pieces of information that had to be filled in by the voter or his family. Republicans called it the supervisors' questionable behavior a "hypertechnicality." Democrats called it a political conspiracy...
...state standard is strict: absent evidence of fraud, he had to prove to a judge, with a reasonable degree of certainty, that ballot and counting irregularities had the potential to change the outcome of the election...
...County Elections Supervisor Sandy Goard, a Republican, allowed Republican staffers to add voter ID numbers to some 2,130 absentee ballot applications, most from registered Republicans, and 1,932 of those resulted in a vote. A state anti-fraud law requires that absentee ballot applications include nine pieces of information from voters, including voter ID numbers. Technically, then, 1,932 votes - most of them presumably cast for George W. Bush - are invalid...
...most consistent theme was lack of evidence to prove Gore's allegations. There was, according to Sauls, no evidence to show abuse of discretion by the canvassing boards in Palm Beach, Miami-Dade or Nassau counties; there was no evidence of fraud or improper influence in the counting process; there was no preponderance of evidence showing balloting or counting problems widespread enough to necessitate a recount. In other words, Al, you've got no case...