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Politics : Electoral College 2000 - Ahead of the Curve
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To: Ilaine who wrote (5755)12/11/2000 10:42:37 AM
From: chomolungma  Read Replies (1) of 6710
 
We've heard a lot about "voter intent" over the weekend. The FSC supposedly thinks it's the only standard that the Legislature gave to the canvassing boards. So what would you think if the following happened?

Duval County, which had a huge number of overvotes - greater than 10,000, met and decided that they wanted to look over them and try and find voter intent. They set standards that if a voter cast a ballot for a Republican in the U.S. Senate, House and state legislature that a double vote that included Bush would be counted as a Bush vote and Vice Versa for Gore. Their logic would be that the voter erred in making a double punch but the intent was clear.

Would that be legal? If voter intent is the only guideline, it should be.
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