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Broward machines count backward
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of Palm Beach Post
Palm Beach Post, November 5, 2004
Posted: November 11th, 2006
http://www.WantToKnow.info/041105palmbeachpost
Posted: November 11th, 2006
http://www.WantToKnow.info/041105palmbeachpost
Early Thursday, as Broward County elections officials wrapped up after a long day of canvassing votes, something unusual caught their eye. Tallies should go up as more votes are counted. That's simple math. But in some races, the numbers had gone down. Officials found the software used in Broward can handle only 32,000 votes per precinct. After that, the system starts counting backward."