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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ColtonGang who wrote (65337)	11/9/2000 7:21:03 AM
From: average joe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Do you think Gore would accept that now? The first one that fires off a legal challenge is the loser. That is the party that has nothing to lose and the most to gain. You will see that happen by the weekend.

To: ColtonGang who wrote (65337)	11/9/2000 8:10:42 AM
From: PartyTime	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Here's how to resolve Buchanon's receiving 3,407 actual votes, most of which he didn't deserve and the 19,000-plus disputed ballots that were marked both Gore and Buchanon. The below formula possibly could avoid court challenges or a need for re-voting in either the Palm Beach County or the whole state. First, determine how many of the doubly-marked Palm Beach County Gore-Buchanon ballots also had straight Democratic ticket candidates marked, ballots where only Buchanon's name shows up, and where all other votes on that ballot were for Democrats. Count those ballots for Gore. This would solve the problem of the 19,000 ballots disqualified due to the ballot confusion which was acknowledged by those running the Palm Beach County polling stations (see letter of warning to poll workers). Secondly, calculate the percentage of Buchanon votes throughout the entire state of Florida, absent Palm Beach County. Then deduct that percentage from Buchanon's actual Palm Beach County tally and assign the remainder of those votes to Gore. Doing this would cause Florida's vote to be off by only a few hundred instead being off by tens of thousands, and possibly end up seating a president who won neither the national popular vote or Florida's state vote. It'd give a fairer picture to what the Floridians actually wanted, it would reflect the will of the Floridian voters.