What Happened in Palm Beach County ?
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It is now well-known that the design of the ballot in Palm Beach County could have led to numerous mistakes in voting. Moreover, it is easy to show that the Buchanan vote in Palm Beach County is a substantial outlier considering the Bush and Gore votes in that county. Buchanan obtained about .8% of the vote, but his expected vote was probably no more than .2% to .3%. Indeed, statewide, Buchanan received about .3% of the three candidate (Bush, Gore, and Buchanan) vote. Thus, something like 2000 of Buchanan’s 3,407 votes in Palm Beach County may have been mistakes.
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