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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective
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To: pezz who wrote (5995)11/14/2000 3:20:06 PM
From: Dan B.  Read Replies (1) of 10042
 
I said this was another objection, not MY objection.

However, I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss the hand-count chaos argument. Elsewhere, as I understand it, recounting of punchcards is limited by statute to ONCE only, due to the fact that the "chads" tend to fall out all over the place the more they are handled. Many issues. At any rate, despite all the oversight in the world, there is some potential credibility in saying that hand-counting these little bastard hanging chads could easily become a great mess. Particular if it goes statewide and Gore issues challanges to the way they count them somewhere, good lord.

Very glad to see agreement that a state-wide hand-count would be fair in comparison to hand-counts in places picked by only one candidate or the other.

While state-wide is fair, IMO, it isn't the only fair way. The state-wide recount we already have is fair by the rules laid down to date, and it doesn't involve an after the fact bolstering of the results for one candidate or the other.

Dan B
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