Transcript: Analysis: Broward County, Florida, prepares for Democratic presidential primary

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MELISSA BLOCK, ROBERT SIEGEL
All Things Considered (NPR)
03-05-2004
Analysis: Broward County, Florida, prepares for Democratic presidential primary

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From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block.

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After John Kerry's string of Super Tuesday victories, Florida's Democratic presidential primary is now largely a formality, but that doesn't mean that elections officials there aren't taking the vote seriously. They want to erase any memories of the election fiasco of 2000. The state has spent millions on computerized voting machines and efforts to streamline ...

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