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To: DownSouth who wrote (7801)	11/8/2000 11:24:41 PM
From: kumar	Respond to of 22706

Why not round up or down to the nearest 5% better still, @ a lower cost to the taxpayer : why not flip a coin, till it lands on the floor ?

To: DownSouth who wrote (7801)	11/9/2000 1:28:39 AM
From: EnricoPalazzo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22706

DS, You have mischaracterized the issue. According to Missouri law, voters standing in line at closing time are allowed to vote. What the dems did was in fact get a judge to force the polls to stay open three hours late in democratic st. louis. Senator Ashcroft was correct: this was likely vote fraud, and certainly correct to be overturned. I heard yesterday that Jeb ordered the polls to allow people in line at closing time to vote. I haven't seen this reported since, but if my estimation of the timing is correct, two interesting things result: a) he may have made this call after the democratic (eastern time) polls were closed, but while the republican (panhandle, central time) polls were open. b) he made this call just as he was being berated by his family. This smells awfully like vote fraud to me (though he might get a federal pardon...), and is certainly grounds for contention. More to the point, though, the issue in south florida isn't just confused voters (which would be tragic, but probably not legally significant), but the fact that the ballot was in fact legally invalid. If there have ever been clear grounds for a revote (in that precinct), this must qualify.

To: DownSouth who wrote (7801)	11/9/2000 10:09:15 AM
From: Apollo	Respond to of 22706

How dare them wait in line starting before the poles closed;.........a literacy test and a pole tax Why do you continue to disparage the Polish folk? Why tax some innocent, hardworking European immigrants? Or are you having spelling problems with your English? Perhaps you meant polls, instead of poles? How dare them wait in line starting before the poles closed and expect to be able to vote at pole closing time! For the record, it's my understanding that if one is "in line" at poll-closing time, then one gets to vote. If one is not yet in line at closing time, then one cannot vote. I think the issue the news services raised, Jerry, was letting people get in line well after the poll closing time had been crossed. ca