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To: Sam Citron who wrote (39333)11/9/2000 12:23:37 PM
From: willcousa  Respond to of 70976
 
Then let's have an investigation and revote in the panhandle of Fl. which is in a different time zone from the rest of the state. Voters there were misled by erroneous press reports that Gore had won the state when he had not. This caused many Bush voters to stay home. Also we should revote in Illinois which used the same ballot design. If democrats were confused it is possible the republicans could have been confused also.



To: Sam Citron who wrote (39333)11/9/2000 12:32:11 PM
From: Robert O  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 70976
 
*ot*

Sam and John:

Your arguments are well presented but are entirely moot.
As already presented, ALL parties had an ex ante opportunity
to suggest changes to ballot. ALL accepted ballot in form
used. End of story. REGARDLESS of any ex post 'discovery'
of statistical 'anomalies' there can be no re-vote. In a
sense this was a silent auction. Now that everyone knows
who 'bid' on who, they might change their bid and new
bidders might enter the auction *after the fact*.

Given the database of the country's electorate I guarantee
you any decent statistician could find outliers far more
extreme than this one... should we re-do those areas as well?

I have already commented in an earlier post on the
bizarre nature of the clumsiness of the entire punch-card
process. Why it has taken this to have someone suggest a
better way (Federally) is beyond me. But this one is over,
as the Bard said 'Death, once dead, there's no more dying then.'

Further Affiant Sayeth Naught.

RO



To: Sam Citron who wrote (39333)11/9/2000 2:47:19 PM
From: Jerome  Respond to of 70976
 
**REVOTES****

Sam if this should happen would it mean:

Another 30 days of TV political commercials???

Another 30 days of having your mailbox filled with political awareness information?

Another 30 days of ***OT*** posts on the AMAT thread?

Another 30 days of RANTS by informed and uninformed investors.

Another 30 days of AMAT's stock price backsliding.

I think I'll take a quiet vacation for 30 days where there is some nice quiet civil war going on.

Jerome


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