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Politics : Electoral College 2000 - Ahead of the Curve

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To: Dave Gore who wrote (5727)	12/11/2000 10:29:06 AM
From: chomolungma	Read Replies (1) of 6710

Your idea of categories would be fine if it included all votes cast - not just undervotes. There needs to be equal scrutinization of the overvotes too. We need to categorize these based on voter intent as well. It would be revealing to know what was on the rest of these ballots where two presidential votes were cast. This should be compared to other races to see whether there was vote fraud and double punching involved. There also needs to be a review of the registered voters to see if there was voting by illegals such as non-citizens and felons. It would only be fair. Once you begin to question the count, the areas you question will discriminate against one candidate. As a quick example, what if Bush had lost by 2,000 votes and demanded that all felon's votes be removed. Suppose he found a friendly judge to back him up and they took away 4,000 Gore votes. Would that have been fair? I think you'll find that there is no way to make this election perfect, especially given the narrowness of the count. It may seem fair to recount undervotes, but really this is just as unfair as using the original count.

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