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Lee Bird’s thoughtful, detailed and accurate (in my opinion) analysis of “what went wrong” in Florida in the past national election deserves more than the flippant response “nothing” supplied by reader Edith Pond.
If that is the case then Jeff Bush and a committee formed of the Florida legislature to fix their antiquated balloting system are just wasting taxpayer’s money.
Also Jimmy Carter is evidently wrong headed in his answer to a press question as to
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