The 2000 Election


By DAVID GONZALEZ and DEXTER FILKINS

WEST PALM BEACH, Nov. 12
— Ron Klein, a Democratic
state senator here, thought
something was amiss minutes after he cast
his vote and left his polling place in Boca
Raton at 7:05 Election Day morning. He
had done a double take when he saw that the
second hole in his punch- card ballot did not
align with the names of the Democratic
candidates, Al Gore and Joseph I.
Lieberman. He voted for the Democrats
anyway and drove to another precinct to
campaign.

"There were a group of people walking out,
and they were totally upset," Mr. Klein said.
"They said they didn't know who they voted
for."