Exclusion from absentee-vote recount angers Democrats (Palm Beach)

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By John Lantigua, Jane Musgrave
Palm Beach Post Staff Writers
Thursday, September 02, 2004

It was a hard-nosed standoff.

Supervisor of elections officials growling on one side of the counter, telling Democratic Party activists they had to get out of Dodge — or at least off the premises.

The Democrats insisting on their rights, refusing to budge and risking arrest.
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"We don't know what happened," Cohen said, although apparently some ballots were passed through counting scanners more than once.
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VOTING ABSENTEE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT YOUR VOTE WILL BE COUNTED IF ONLY REPUBLICANS ARE PRESENT FOR THE COUNT.