Rush to absentee ballots may magnify trouble

Jane Musgrave, Palm Beach Post, August 2, 2004



...Selker said his immediate concern for the upcoming elections is that poll workers are well-trained, that polling places are easily accessible and that people aren't erroneously purged from voting lists.



Elections supervisors are working to address those issues, The Election Center's Lewis said. But, he said, they are also hoping for some divine intervention.



"Every election official in America spends time praying," he said.



The prayer, he said, is simple: "Let the winners win big."