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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective

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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (8835)	12/13/2000 1:58:21 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) of 10042

how detailed does the standard need to be to ensure equal protection? It must meet the definition of "clear intent of the voter". Iow, there must be NO REASONABLE DOUBT as to the intent of the voter. And the only way that could be the case would be in the case of perforated, hanging chads. The FLSC and local canvassing boards screwed this up for Al Gore. They applied/permitted extremely liberal standards in assessing the intent of voters who obviously did not follow instructions. The minute they allowed their standards to become arbitrary, they opened themselves up for this ruling by the USSC. The FLSC and local canvassing boards have no one to blame but themselves. If they were unwilling to protect the equality of votes, then it fell to the USSC to do so. In the absence of detailed standards, then it is implicit upon the system to defaul back to the most conservative and clear standard, which was to not count subjective under/over votes. Pretty much as simple as that, Nadine. Regards, Ron

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