Misvotes, Undervotes, and Overvotes: the 2000 Presidential Election in
Florida

Page 3 covers the overvote attributed to the butterfly ballot in Palm Beach
county:
http://www.stat.ufl.edu/~presnell/Tech-Reps/election2000.pdf

Scott

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FredWooch@aol.com
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 3:56 PM
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Subject: Florida Overvote data

I am looking for information regarding the overvote data from the Florida
presidential election.Ê I seem to remember that there was one county in
which the ballot was designed so that the presidential candidates carried
over to a second page in the ballot, and that many voters apparently voted
for a set of candidates on each page, leading to a large number of voters
being disqualified for overvoting.

Can anyone lead me to where I might find any old news articles on this or
reports on this overvote problem?Ê I would like to be able to make sure I am
separating fact from urban legend.


Fredric D. Woocher
Strumwasser & Woocher LLP
(310) 576-1233
fwoocher@strumwooch.com