{"article":{"id":4640,"heading":"COUP WATCH:  Federal Report Criticized Palm Beach County Voting System in 1988","author":"Paul H. Rosenberg","created":"2000-11-18 23:53:05","modified":"2000-11-19 01:00:01","last_modified":"Sun, 19 Nov 2000 08:00:01","article":"<p>In 1988, Roy G. Saltman produced a report for the National Bureau of Standards (now the National Institute of Standards and Technology) in which he concluded that \"The use of pre-scored punch card ballots should be ended,\" according to a story by Kellie Patrick in the Sun-Sentinel today.  Saltman used the 1984 Palm Beach County for property appraiser in warning about \"hanging chads\" which have resurfaced at the center of Republican objections to hand recounts.   <br><br> The problems are well-known to anyone who has been involved in a hand recount with the Votamatic perforated punchcard system that is used in Palm Beach County.<\/p>\n","contact":"rad@gte.net","link":"http:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com\/news\/daily\/detail\/0,1136,36000000000128680,00.html","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Twelve Years ago a report for the National Bureau of Standards warned that \"The use of pre-scored punch card ballots should be ended.\"","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2000\/11\/4640.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}