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

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To: jlallen who wrote (9850)	8/2/2001 3:59:13 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) of 10042

Yes, even if you count all the votes. There is always some margin for error in the best humanly achievable count. But elections officials in a contested race owe it to the public to show them a count that is as fair and accurate as possible. As you say, we can't have perfect. But competent is not too much to ask. Also, politically speaking, if the count is recognized as being pretty close to optimum, it will lessen recriminations. The loser in a tied election always looks for some uncounted legal votes that he might include in a recount; if there aren't any to be found, he has to give up. There weren't any such votes in Washington State. In Florida there were lots: any votes that showed clear voter intent but had not been machine readable and were therefore uncounted. (There had been rulings in previous elections confirming that such votes were legal) Because the elections officials failed, in most counties, to do their job of discriminating which ballots showed clear voter intent, there was ample room for lawsuits and recriminations.

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