>>"RE "Strange that he would know that isn't it?" Well, they have some idea of the number of dimpled ballots, and they know the proportion of Gore vs Bush votes. It's just math from there."<<
I think that the public can see the logic. Gore won those counties in a landslide. Statistically, disputed ballots should add to Gore's total proportionately to the machine count, regardless of the standard used to divine intent - that is, if there is absolutely no bias in the diving process favoring either party.
What will be extremely interesting will be the nation's overall perception of the validity of these newly divined totals, if certified.
They will have to reconcile how they adjudicate their perception of the validity of these votes. If most folks can understand the concept that, logically, Gore stands to reap the lions share of newly divined votes, then they should be able to grasp the following;
- Daley/Gore pushing a concept of ALL VOTES MUST BE COUNTED!, never mind, Rule of Law trumping The Will of the People.
- Daley/Gore specifically targeted democratic strongholds & requested manual recounts. Their request was not due to machine failure or fraud. Daley/Gore continued to insist, ALL VOTES MUST BE COUNTED! Never mind that the most disputed votes will be divined by partisan county officials. Never mind that these ballots will be divined by partisan democratic majorities or all democratic officials. Never mind that the standards have changed repeatedly & in one case, written standards in one county were changed to a far less restrictive standard after the election!
- The public is informed that manual recounts of this type typically result in additional votes to be counted. Statisticians explain how this would clearly favor the person who won the machine count. Never mind that manual recounts of this type of machine ballot result in the highest error rate when manually recounted. Never mind that FL law does not have statewide standards for a manual recount of ballots, which could have votes counted in one county that would be invalidated in another
- Daley/Gore were silent on requesting manual recounts in the rest of the state which include many counties where Bush won handily, but they never stopped their mantra, ALL VOTES MUST BE COUNTED!
- Daley/Gore devised a full blown assault on the absentee military vote to have them disqualified. We are informed that the Democrats sent scores of lawyers with a 5 page playbook detailing how to protest these absentee ballots. We are informed many were rejected on a number of technicalities even though many were within the requirements of FL state law &/or federal law. Daley/Gore have loudly, frequently & publicly continued their mantra, ALL VOTES MUST BE COUNTED! in the recounts of the four democratic strongholds they targeted for additional votes, even going to court to force one county to resume their count. However, their calls that, ALL VOTES MUST BE COUNTED! regarding the military right to vote have been hollow at best by comparison. They have yet to speak loudly or forcefully about the military/absentee vote & have taken no affirmative action to insure that indeed, ALL VOTES MUST BE COUNTED!
Yes, if Gore should manage to win in FL, it will be interesting to see how the nation reconciles all of this information. National & the global perceptions of the results of this election & a president is selected will be very interesting indeed..... regardless of who wins.
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