GARBAGE IN, GARBAGE OUT: The results of the election in Boone County, Ind., are in: all 144,000 votes were automatically counted on the county's new computerized voting terminals. There's just one little problem: Boone County has less than 19,000 registered voters, and only 5,352 of them showed up to vote. When County Clerk Lisa Garofolo saw the numbers, "I about had a heart attack," she said. "Believe me, there was nobody more shook up than I was." (Indianapolis Star) ...Chicago officials have asked for the exact model number so they can buy the same machines.
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