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Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 20:23:57 -0800
From: Joshua Houk <jlhouk-AT-uswest.net>
Subject: Republicans: Democrat Ate Chads (AP)


Saturday November 18 8:57 PM ET
Republicans: Democrat Ate Chads

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Just when it seemed the discussion of chad 
could get no stranger a Republican observer
is accusing a Democrat of eating some of the tiny pieces of ballot paper.

Jim Rowland, a Republican observing the Broward County recount, said about 
10 chads were piled on a table after
counters had finished a batch of ballots.

``The Democratic floor manager looked at the pile and asked 'What are 
these?''' Rowland said.

He said he told the coordinating observer that they were waiting to put the 
chads into an envelope, and then it
happened.

``He licked his finger and put it in the pile. I said, 'Sir! No! Don't do 
that!' But he put it in his mouth and then he
swept the rest up and put some in his pocket,'' Rowland said.

Rowland did not get the name of the Democratic observer and said he did not 
report the incident to the canvassing
board. He said the observer told him, ``Well, they're not the property of 
the Republican party.''

State Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz denied any Democrats were chad-eaters 
and suggested Republicans are making
up tales out of frustration.

``They're losing in court, obviously getting desperate,'' she said. 
``They're turning this into a circus.''

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