Robert Wexler Quotes on People (3 Quotes)

Hundreds of people made phone calls to my offices and to other offices in the county complaining they didn't understand the ballot -- that Al Gore's name was second on the ballot but his punch hole was third, which is entirely illegal under election law in Florida and it made it a puzzle rather than a ballot.

This was 19,000 people who had their votes discarded. It was entirely confusing not because of the what the people did or didn't do, but because of how the ballot was laid out, ... Vice President Al Gore was the second name, but he was not the second hole on the ballot.

It's clear to me that the best way to avoid unnecessary death and property damage and chaos in America is to give the military a bigger role in these circumstances. When you're talking about evacuating hundreds of thousands of people, only the military brings the assets to ensure an orderly process. The military needs to be engaged.