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Florida Students Amused As Their State Makes Headlines

Palm Beach Blues

At the center of this controversy is Palm Beach County, where some claim that a poorly-designed "butterfly ballot" caused hundreds of Gore supporters to mistakenly vote for Pat Buchanan.

Harvard's Palm Beach County residents--like people across the country--disagree on the clarity of the infamous ballot.

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Rampell says his county's absentee ballot was arranged normally, but adds that his family at home found the ballot at the polling place confusing.

But Rampell insists no one in his family voted for Pat Buchanan.

Richey, on the other hand, says she thought the county's ballot was quite clear.

"The fourth graders didn't find it confusing," she says, referring to a similar ballot with cartoon characters given to several elementary school students in an experiment last week.

Many of Harvard's Florida voters said they were confident Bush would eventually prevail, but all believed that whoever the eventual winner is will have a tough job ahead.

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