<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:tahoma, new york, times, serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">There are lots of voter errors in Idaho elections, every time a person in Idaho<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR> votes Republican, that is an error.</SPAN></div>
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<DIV><SPAN>Courtesy of today's (May 23, 2012) <SPAN id=misspell-1 class=mark>Coeur</SPAN> <SPAN id=misspell-2 class=mark>d'Alene</SPAN> Press at:</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN>http://www.cdapress.com/news/local_news/article_96ada867-935c-5526-8321-fc741789d9fc.html</DIV>
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<H1 style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 34px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; OUTLINE-COLOR: ; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 30px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; PADDING-TOP: 0px" id=yiv845943637blox-asset-title><SPAN style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 38px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; OUTLINE-COLOR: ; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: inherit; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; COLOR: rgb(34,34,34); FONT-SIZE: 30px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class="yiv845943637blox-headline yiv845943637entry-title">Some errors on election night</SPAN></H1></B></SPAN><B></B>
<div style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); MARGIN: 10px 0px 0px; OUTLINE-COLOR: ; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT: 17px/24px Times, serif; FLOAT: none; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; COLOR: black; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Some polling station errors were discovered during <SPAN id=misspell-3 class=mark>Kootenai</SPAN> County's primary election canvassing, including one case that resulted in apparent voter fraud.</div>
<div style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); MARGIN: 10px 0px 0px; OUTLINE-COLOR: ; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT: 17px/24px Times, serif; FLOAT: none; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; COLOR: black; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">But most poll workers performed professionally on election day, said Clerk Cliff Hayes, with no mistakes egregious enough to affect the winners of each race.</div>
<div style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); MARGIN: 10px 0px 0px; OUTLINE-COLOR: ; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT: 17px/24px Times, serif; FLOAT: none; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; COLOR: black; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">"We always seem to have a few that make errors at the polls," Hayes said on Tuesday. "We'll continue to work on those."</div>
<div style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); MARGIN: 10px 0px 0px; OUTLINE-COLOR: ; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT: 17px/24px Times, serif; FLOAT: none; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; COLOR: black; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">The county commissioners voted unanimously at their weekly business meeting on Tuesday to adopt the canvass results for last week's primary elections, which include state, county, precinct committeeman and U.S. representative races.</div>
<div style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); MARGIN: 10px 0px 0px; OUTLINE-COLOR: ; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT: 17px/24px Times, serif; FLOAT: none; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; COLOR: black; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">According to the several-paged canvass results issued by the Clerk's Office, total ballot stubs received from poll workers were in 100 percent agreement with voter signatures in each poll book.</div>
<div style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); MARGIN: 10px 0px 0px; OUTLINE-COLOR: ; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT: 17px/24px Times, serif; FLOAT: none; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; COLOR: black; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">"There have been no surprises," Hayes said of the election outcomes.</div>
<div style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); MARGIN: 10px 0px 0px; OUTLINE-COLOR: ; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT: 17px/24px Times, serif; FLOAT: none; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; COLOR: black; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Some slight discrepancies were found between the number of poll workers' ballot stubs and totals by optical scan counting machines, which were off by one or two in five precincts.</div>
<div style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); MARGIN: 10px 0px 0px; OUTLINE-COLOR: ; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT: 17px/24px Times, serif; FLOAT: none; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; COLOR: black; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">According to the canvass results document, "some voters may have left the precincts with their ballots in hand, or discarded their ballots."</div>
<div style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); MARGIN: 10px 0px 0px; OUTLINE-COLOR: ; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT: 17px/24px Times, serif; FLOAT: none; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; COLOR: black; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Although there was also a slight discrepancy with absentee totals - vote-counting machines tallied 3,959 ballots, two less than manual counts - the elections staff has no further action to resolve the variance, the document states.</div>
<div style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); MARGIN: 10px 0px 0px; OUTLINE-COLOR: ; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT: 17px/24px Times, serif; FLOAT: none; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; COLOR: black; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Several poll worker mistakes were noted in the canvassing document.</div>
<div style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); MARGIN: 10px 0px 0px; OUTLINE-COLOR: ; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT: 17px/24px Times, serif; FLOAT: none; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; COLOR: black; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">One incident of voter fraud appears to have occurred at precinct 39, where a poll worker accidentally allowed a voter to vote a second time on election day, after already casting an absentee ballot.</div>
<div style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); MARGIN: 10px 0px 0px; OUTLINE-COLOR: ; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT: 17px/24px Times, serif; FLOAT: none; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; COLOR: black; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">"The precinct's poll worker did not notice the 'absentee issued, absentee received' notation in the poll book, and issued a second ballot to this voter,'" the canvass document states.</div>
<div style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); MARGIN: 10px 0px 0px; OUTLINE-COLOR: ; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT: 17px/24px Times, serif; FLOAT: none; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; COLOR: black; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">The situation is being looked into, the document states, and the voter's name "may be referred to the Prosecuting Attorney's Office for legal action."</div>
<div style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); MARGIN: 10px 0px 0px; OUTLINE-COLOR: ; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT: 17px/24px Times, serif; FLOAT: none; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; COLOR: black; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Commissioner Dan Green said he wants to consult with the Elections Office further on the incident.</div>
<div style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); MARGIN: 10px 0px 0px; OUTLINE-COLOR: ; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT: 17px/24px Times, serif; FLOAT: none; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; COLOR: black; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">"It's always something to be concerned about," Green said of voter fraud. "I think it should be explored, and get all the facts."</div>
<div style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); MARGIN: 10px 0px 0px; OUTLINE-COLOR: ; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT: 17px/24px Times, serif; FLOAT: none; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; COLOR: black; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Commissioner Todd <SPAN id=misspell-4 class=mark>Tondee</SPAN> said it's good the clerk is at least aware voter fraud might have occurred.</div>
<div style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); MARGIN: 10px 0px 0px; OUTLINE-COLOR: ; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT: 17px/24px Times, serif; FLOAT: none; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; COLOR: black; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">"If it was quite a few (voter fraud incidents), it could be a lot of concern," <SPAN id=misspell-5 class=mark>Tondee</SPAN> said. "(Hayes) understands. He'll have to do different training or pick different people."</div>
<div style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); MARGIN: 10px 0px 0px; OUTLINE-COLOR: ; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT: 17px/24px Times, serif; FLOAT: none; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; COLOR: black; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Other minor errors were reported in the canvassing results.</div>
<div style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); MARGIN: 10px 0px 0px; OUTLINE-COLOR: ; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT: 17px/24px Times, serif; FLOAT: none; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; COLOR: black; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Poll workers at 11 precincts did not catch omissions of voter information on 12 election day registration cards, but still issued those voters ballots.</div>
<div style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); MARGIN: 10px 0px 0px; OUTLINE-COLOR: ; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT: 17px/24px Times, serif; FLOAT: none; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; COLOR: black; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Information omitted included residential address, date of birth and driver's license.</div>
<div style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); MARGIN: 10px 0px 0px; OUTLINE-COLOR: ; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT: 17px/24px Times, serif; FLOAT: none; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; COLOR: black; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">One precinct committeeman ballot was also discovered in a supply box during canvass research on May 21. The vote pushed the winning candidate's total votes up one to 175.</div>
<div style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); MARGIN: 10px 0px 0px; OUTLINE-COLOR: ; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT: 17px/24px Times, serif; FLOAT: none; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; COLOR: black; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">The canvassing document states that "too many poll workers did not follow the instructions they received in training."</div>
<div style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); MARGIN: 10px 0px 0px; OUTLINE-COLOR: ; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT: 17px/24px Times, serif; FLOAT: none; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; COLOR: black; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Elections staff is considering testing training comprehension in future poll worker education sessions, the document reads, to prevent these kinds of errors.</div>
<div style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); MARGIN: 10px 0px 0px; OUTLINE-COLOR: ; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT: 17px/24px Times, serif; FLOAT: none; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; COLOR: black; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN id=misspell-6 class=mark>Tondee</SPAN> said that addressing polling station mistakes is ongoing.</div>
<div style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); MARGIN: 10px 0px 0px; OUTLINE-COLOR: ; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT: 17px/24px Times, serif; FLOAT: none; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; COLOR: black; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">"I'm sure the clerk will do a good job," <SPAN id=misspell-7 class=mark>Tondee</SPAN> said. "I have the <SPAN id=misspell-8 class=mark>upmost</SPAN> confidence in Hayes. He's a stickler for this stuff."</div>
<div style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); MARGIN: 10px 0px 0px; OUTLINE-COLOR: ; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT: 17px/24px Times, serif; FLOAT: none; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; COLOR: black; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">The canvassing document also notes that 48 eligible Republican voters weren't given the precinct committeeman ballot in precinct 52 due to the precinct judge's error, though the uncontested candidate still exceeded the five-vote minimum.</div>
<div style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); MARGIN: 10px 0px 0px; OUTLINE-COLOR: ; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT: 17px/24px Times, serif; FLOAT: none; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; COLOR: black; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Also, 27 newly registered or re-registered voters cast a ballot in the wrong precincts. All but one received the right legislative district ballot.</div>
<div style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); MARGIN: 10px 0px 0px; OUTLINE-COLOR: ; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT: 17px/24px Times, serif; FLOAT: none; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; COLOR: black; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">The canvassing document also includes four pages of voided absentee ballots, most because voters somehow ruined their absentee ballots and ended up voting in person.</div>
<div style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); MARGIN: 10px 0px 0px; OUTLINE-COLOR: ; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT: 17px/24px Times, serif; FLOAT: none; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; COLOR: black; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">Hayes said the elections staff will continue to crack down on mistakes in each election cycle.</div>
<div style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); MARGIN: 10px 0px 0px; OUTLINE-COLOR: ; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT: 17px/24px Times, serif; FLOAT: none; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; COLOR: black; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">"We have 325 poll workers who are excellent, and don't get the credit they deserve," Hayes said. "(The election) went very smooth, except for these mistakes."</div>
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<DIV>Might I suggest that DNA samples (maybe a saliva swab) be taken from registered Republicans.<BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN><SPAN id=misspell-9 class=mark>Seeya</SPAN> round town, Moscow.</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>Tom Hansen</SPAN><BR><SPAN>Moscow, Idaho</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>"If not us, who?</SPAN><BR><SPAN>If not now, when?"</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>- Unknown</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR></DIV></DIV>
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