Reply #42: Big reduction in undervotes in 2004 consistent with Default to Bush patte

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pattern.
Palm Beach, Hillsboro, Pinellas, and Sarasota use TS machines and had a more than 50% reduction in undervotes in 2004 compared to 2000.
Since not all machines in those counties were programed to default to Bush but significant numbers were, this reduction of 50 to70% in undervotes is consistent with the Default to Bush pattern observed by voters and poll workers in these areas. Those lost undervotes would be votes swung to Bush by the default to Bush. As well as votes of those not noticing that the machine had switched the vote to Bush after initially registering Kerry(ES&S machines like in PB, Dade,etc.)

While Broward did not show a similar pattern of reduced undervotes, experience with the default pattern in Mahoning County, Ohio could explain that. In Mahoning County some of the EIRS reports indicated that while most machines were defaulting to Bush, some were set to default to Blank. Thus some switches of Kerry votes go to Bush and some to blank. But Kerry loses either way and undervotes don't look unusual.