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Politics : Piffer Thread on Political Rantings and Ravings
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To: Original Mad Dog who wrote (651)12/7/2000 8:19:26 PM
From: jcky  Read Replies (1) of 14610
 
MadDog,

Philosophically, yes. Pragmatically, no.

Should Judge Saul have taken a look at the ballots for the sake of completeness? Probably. Would this very criticism plague his case for not viewing the ballots. Yes. What could have been accomplished by viewing hanging, pimpled or dimpled chads? Probably nothing.

It's important to realize that there were never any allegations of physical ballot tampering to alter the status of the election by the plaintiffs. Similar ballots have already been reviewed thoroughly from the more experienced vote counters of the canvassing board of Miami-Dade County.

And really, couldn't the Gore camp have played the Devil's advocate even if Judge Saul had examined some of the ballots? Would examining 100 ballots be thorough enough? How about 500? Or maybe 1000? And wouldn't the actual event of examining the ballots potentially alter the status of some of the ballots, if not handled properly, should Judge Saul have chosen to rule in favor of Al Gore to proceed in the manual recount?

In a murder case, is it inappropriate for a judge or jurors to not physically exam the deceased victim in order to ascertain the cause of death? Are photographs of the victim or testimony from the coroner sufficient? Judge Saul did hear the testimony of ballot counters and read their affidavits. That should be sufficient.

The burden of proof lies on the plaintiff, and there were never any allegations of physical voter ballot tampering.

Regards,
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