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To: BirdDog who wrote (7749)	11/8/2000 12:25:56 PM
From: Apollo	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 22706

yeah, I made the same smart decision to stay up until 4 am, and be at work at 8am. <g> The tricky ballots in Florida have been mentioned, but I see no mention of the potential influence of having St. Louis urbanites likely to vote for Gore, allowed to vote past the time when the polls should have been closed. I also see no mention of the amazing timeliness of publicizing GW's driving while intoxicated infraction, for which he was fined, from > 20 years ago, and the possible influence of this event on some voters. Bottom line: there are inequities, both known and unknown, all around and hopefully, they all offset eachother, and the winner, whoever that may be, is the true winner. ca

To: BirdDog who wrote (7749)	11/8/2000 2:30:42 PM
From: slacker711	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 22706

If you cant figure out the ballot...ask someone. If you still cant figure it out, they shouldnt let you vote. Slacker@thereshouldbeatestbeforetheyallowyoutovote.org

To: BirdDog who wrote (7749)	11/8/2000 3:45:48 PM
From: tekboy	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 22706

Does 1% sound like alot of the vote? I don't think so! >3000 for Buchanan in Palm Beach, three times the number in any other Florida district. Take 2000 of those and give em to Gore and the national election goes to him. Still, looking at the ballot they showed on tv just now, it doesn't look illegal, only stupidly constructed and confusing to nearsighted morons. Not sufficient grounds for a challenge, IMO... besides, the logical remedy would just be to throw out the votes, which wouldn't help Gore... Also there were news people (NBC for one) stating that the count was down to only 600 votes ahead for Bush. When in fact Bush was ahead by 6,700 with the last 1% of the ballots being counted at that time! that's because they were citing different vote counts... everyone's now on the same page, ~1800 advantage for Bush on the first count... this could be fun, but if I had to bet I'd say Bush gets it...course, my options bets never work, so I could be an excellent contrarian indicator... ctb/A