Robert, I agree with about 90% of that. Problem is the law and what's fair is creating a dilemma and most people are so partisan they are switching between the two, whichever favors their candidate.
I wonder if most people see the inconsistencies here and the difficulty of sometimes reconciling the law with common sense and fairness? That is the struggle. For instance...
The military votes technically should not have counted, right? (and didn't) but most on this thread think they should have (myself included!). So here, many think the Law should not be followed.
How about the 25,000 absentee votes that were counted that technically could have been thrown out because Republicans altered the ballot registration forms so they qualified? That was actually against the law. But the courts ruled in favor of not throwing out the votes (and I agree with that!). The reason cited wat that it is more important for the votes to be counted.
Now, we are faced with a law that may or may not be unconstitutional in Florida regarding non-uniform voting standards. It's been in effect a long time. Most think that the law stinks and there should be a uniform recounting standard. But then many Republicans say that if you create a standard, don't implement it in this election.
Well, technically, that makes sense, but if you are trying to satisfy the intent of having as many votes count as possible, then why not make this very important election as legitimate as possible by recounting?
It is nothing new and would satisfy most Americans urge for fairness. Plus the new President would at least have an easier go of it, if all doubt were removed as to the proper winner.
If people here can strip away partisanship for a minute (which I know is clearly impossible for some), one might think this makes a least a little sense. They would at least see the dilemma between strictly following law and coming up with the fairest solution. They would also see that they have been switching back and forth. |
