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Dec 10 3:59 PM EST

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To: alydar who wrote (53109)	11/10/2000 3:00:16 PM
From: Bill Fischofer	of 74651

Re: Invalid ballots First, there is an excellent thread here on SI at Subject 37207 which is hosting a spirited and substantive debate about all aspects of the election. I encourage everyone with an opinion to move the discussion there rather than clutter stock threads with this important side topic. Second, the 19,000 invalid ballots in Palm Beach county are not statistically very different from the number of invalidated ballots in previous elections. For example, in 1996 on much smaller turnout some 14,000 ballots were discarded for similar irregularities. Voting by its nature is a type of statistical sampling which is far from perfect. It's just the best system yet devised to allow democratic choice. The reason election laws exist is because there is no such thing as a "perfect" vote or count, and the courts and all politicians know this despite whatever public rhetoric we may hear. Ironically, it is only when elections are very close, as this one was, that it becomes crucial for all parties to abide by the law to ensure orderly transfers of power.

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