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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: PartyTime who wrote (66332)11/9/2000 3:24:35 PM
From: Timothy W. Johnson  Read Replies (1) of 769667
 
<Don't you agree that the fate of the presidency should not be hinged upon a mistake? That if those 19,000 voters were Gore voters he should have those votes as opposed to not having them, and the presidency, due to a mistake?>

PartyTime -

Yes, I agree that the Presidency should not hinge on a mistake. But, is it not the responsibility of the voter to get another ballot if they made a mistake? 96% of the voters turned in correct ballots. The other 4% made mistakes and must accept responsiblity. Unfortunately, that mistake may cost their candidate the Presidency. That is extremely unfortunate and it is the law.

Someone before me brought up a particular golf tournament where the leader signed an incorrect scorecard and lost the tournament because that's what the rules of the game state.

Clearly, this election is no golf match. However, the rules are the rules.
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