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In South Florida, the EFF and Verified Voting Foundation had several reports of voters choosing one candidate ? and finding that another one had been selected on the screen. In Palm Beach county, some voters trying to cast their ballots found that the answers had been pre-selected before they ever voted.
Finally, there seem to be significant problems with provisional ballots ? ballots given to those who either aren?t on voter rolls at their polling places or who don?t have ID in places where it?s required. In Ohio, Secretary of State Ken Blackwell issued a directive banning people who have applied for absentee ballots from voting provisionally, even if their absentee ballots never arrived. A judge blocked his order Tuesday afternoon but by then, Election Protection attorneys said, thousands had already been turned away. In other states, polling places are running out of provisional ballots or refusing to issue them.
?Provisional ballots will be to 2004 what hanging chads were to 2000,? said Neas.
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