ELECTION POLL
Posted on Fri, Aug. 13, 2004
Floridians still unsure all votes will count
A new poll showed John Kerry widening his lead over President Bush in Florida, while voters expressed worries about voting machines and the election process.
BY MARC CAPUTO AND GARY FINEOUT
gfineout@herald.com
TALLAHASSEE - Nearly one-third of Florida voters have ''deep concerns'' about the new touch-screen voting machines and the state's elections process as a whole, according to a new survey that also shows negative feelings about President Bush are cresting to an all-time high.
The poll of 1,094 Florida registered voters by Quinnipiac University of Connecticut says Democrat John Kerry is leading Bush 49 percent to 42 percent. If independent candidate Ralph Nader were on the ballot, he would get about 4 percent of the vote. When Nader is included in the question, Kerry gets 47 percent to Bush's 41 percent.
This is the first major survey to measure attitudes about elections machinery after news reports detailing touch-screen software glitches, lost data and flaws with the now-discarded list identifying potential felons ineligible to vote.
The poll, conducted in English and Spanish, has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
Full story: http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/9388193.htm
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