(NY Times, registration required) Florida Ponders Fate of Historic 2000 Ballots: The contested 2000 presidential election has largely faded into people's hazy memories of pre-9/11 America. But the Florida ballots are still there, nearly six million punch cards and their chads, stowed in boxes, stacked on pallets, wrapped in plastic. The state has kept them for two years, as federal law requires. Now that the time is up, a pressing question for state officials here is: What do we do with these things?
"How about a bonfire?" said Theresa LePore, the Palm Beach County supervisor of elections, who designed the butterfly ballots that led many Al Gore supporters to vote for Pat Buchanan.
You know ... if I were one of the Florida officials in charge of that mess, I can't imagine that I would want to keep those things around for historical reasons. Or, really, any reason whatsoever. That bonfire concept would just sound mighty tempting .....
Posted by iain at February 17, 2003 01:21 PMComments
