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Politics : Electoral College 2000 - Ahead of the Curve -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: chomolungma who wrote (1144)	11/8/2000 10:54:37 AM
From: Wyätt Gwyön	Respond to of 6710

If they let a group recast their vote it would lead to the biggest payoff and bribe circus that the country has ever seen. That would be a scandalous way to pick a president. The ballot will stand. Perhaps, but not without a fight, I'd guess. This is better than fiction!

To: chomolungma who wrote (1144)	11/8/2000 10:55:41 AM
From: jambo-bwana	Respond to of 6710

I would think that the most painful thing for Gore must be that he not only loses his home state - but that if he had won TN, the outcome in FL would be irrelevant since he would have had 271 electoral votes and would have won the presidency.

To: chomolungma who wrote (1144)	11/8/2000 2:36:20 PM
From: Bill Fischofer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6710

As someone who voted in south Palm Beach county where the supposedly different ballots were used I found nothing unusual about them. Upon entering the polling place an election worker offered to explain individually to each voter how the ballot worked. Large arrows on the ballot showed which hole to punch to record a vote for the selected candidate. If someone wants to claim after the fact that they were confused by the ballot they really have nobody to blame but themselves. Richard Nixon had every right to challenge the 1960 vote but did not because to do so would risk subjecting the country to a constitutional crisis. I believe Al Gore has at least as much love for his country as did Nixon and will similarly quash efforts to try to decide the election in the courts. Having apparently won a plurality of the popular vote Mr. Gore will be the obvious Democratic frontrunner in the 2004 election. A show of patriotic statesmanship is what is called for here, not legal wrangling. My hope is that this election will finally prompt the US to replace the antiquated electoral system with a direct vote for president. This can only be done by constitutional amendment and this election is proof of why the time for such an amendment is ripe.