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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: PartyTime who wrote (114372)12/13/2000 12:46:59 PM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (2) of 769670
 
You do not seem to understand. You might have a point if there were any way of disentangling the ballots that had not been properly applied for from the others, but there was not, and therefore no ballots were thrown out.

In any event, considering that it is legal to assist the voter in making application, with his consent, and that the consent can be considered implied by the desire to make application, the applications were in broad conformity once the numbers were entered.

But more than this, if a voter has a query or needs a fresh ballot, there are those at the voting station prepared to assist him. Nor is the sweeping away of chads an obstacle equivalent to having to ascertain one's voter ID number. Finally, once voted, and attempt to ascertain voter intent is at least somewhat conjectural. For all of these reasons, failure to properly vote one's ballot is a more serious violation.
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