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By Michael Greenwald
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November 13, 2000
BOCA RATON, Fla.-In an area known much more for its oceanfront resorts and pastel-colored buildings than its political activism, Palm Beach County residents have found themselves thrust front and center on the world's stage and divided over the validity and fairness of last Tuesday's presidential election.
With the presidency of the United States hanging in the balance, and the whole world watching, protestors took to the streets across the county over the weekend as the community buzzed with talk of election controversy.
In West Palm Beach Saturday, demonstrators toting signs such as "Read my lips: trust the people" and "Bush: 'But daddy you promised me,'" called for a countywide revote, insisting the much-publicized Palm Beach County "butterfly" ballot was confusing and unfair.
 
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Some voters have alleged the county's ballot was unclear and caused them to vote inadvertently for Reform Party candidate Pat Buchanan instead of Vice President Al Gore (D). While Gore was the second candidate listed on the ballot, voters needed to punch the third hole to register a vote for the vice president.
"They should have a right to vote again," West Palm Beach protestor Joe Oquenivo, 52, said Saturday.
