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Politics : Electoral College 2000 - Ahead of the Curve
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To: chomolungma who wrote (1144)11/8/2000 2:36:20 PM
From: Bill Fischofer  Read Replies (1) of 6710
 
As someone who voted in south Palm Beach county where the supposedly different ballots were used I found nothing unusual about them. Upon entering the polling place an election worker offered to explain individually to each voter how the ballot worked. Large arrows on the ballot showed which hole to punch to record a vote for the selected candidate. If someone wants to claim after the fact that they were confused by the ballot they really have nobody to blame but themselves.

Richard Nixon had every right to challenge the 1960 vote but did not because to do so would risk subjecting the country to a constitutional crisis. I believe Al Gore has at least as much love for his country as did Nixon and will similarly quash efforts to try to decide the election in the courts. Having apparently won a plurality of the popular vote Mr. Gore will be the obvious Democratic frontrunner in the 2004 election. A show of patriotic statesmanship is what is called for here, not legal wrangling.

My hope is that this election will finally prompt the US to replace the antiquated electoral system with a direct vote for president. This can only be done by constitutional amendment and this election is proof of why the time for such an amendment is ripe.
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