"Please describe how the Republicans are trying to deny the vote of anyone. They have counted the votes two times."
Dr. Voodoo, it has been shown that the machines in use in Florida do not accurately count a ballot that contains imperfections, such as the hole not punched out completely. It has also been shown that only a manual, visual inspection can correct this problem. So, the obvious answer is a manual, visual inspection! If the Republicans would stop trying to prevent this, and if they finally win, as is likely, given the added count from absentee ballots, they will have a much better mandate to govern than if they do whatever they can to stop a recount.
You raised a more serious question, however, which deals with whether a simple majority vote can really accurately select a candidate in close elections. There is a rather large body of mathematical theory that says simple majority voting is BOUND TO PRODUCE intransitive results such as this. In fact, whenever you have a close vote, complicated by the fact that there are more than two choices, you can reach a conclusion that is called "intransitive," or not capable of being resolved mathematically.
There are ways to solve this problem, but it is unlikely that politicians would allow it.
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