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To: patim who wrote (78277)	11/9/2000 10:43:14 AM
From: Think4Yourself	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 95453

18,000 of how many? 2 million? So you are saying the bottom 1% of Florida society, who can't even follow simple directions, should get a special chance to vote for the next president? Who's to say those voters didn't mean to vote for Buchannan and now want to change their vote because they finally realize they threw away their vote? I might have bought the "ballots were confusing" argument if I hadn't actually SEEN the ballots. They seemed quite simple and clear to me. You will not convince me, nor most people who have seen them on TV, that the ballots were misleading. I immediately saw the large bold arrows and realized how to use them. Didn't even see what the "issue" was until the announcer explained it.

To: patim who wrote (78277)	11/9/2000 10:46:31 AM
From: The Ox	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 95453

how can the wishes of the people be overruled??? The 'wishes' of the people were NEVER at stake here. It's the wishes of the 'states' that's at issue. Each state makes it's decision and collectively, the states decide who the next president will be. This was NEVER a popular vote and everyone in the country knows this. Whether or not the ballots were confusing is NOT an issue at this stage of the game. NO ONE WAS DENIED THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE. If someone can't figure out how to vote, they had many people they could ask for assistance at the polls. In Chicago we had the same ballots they used in FL with the exception that we didn't 'butterfly' the presidential section. While it is unfortunate that this type of ballot was used in FL, this should not change the vote or be used as justification to call for a new election!