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To: Amy J who wrote (116449)	11/9/2000 1:57:23 PM
From: John Koligman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

A couple of minutes ago Gore's talking head Daley stated live on MSNBC that the Gore campaign will help voters initiate 'legal action' to contest the election. So, the bottom line is that the Gore faction has determined that the recount will not be 'good enough' and will now start dragging things through the legal mud. As you can see over the past half hour, the markets have reacted appropriately. Regards, John

To: Amy J who wrote (116449)	11/9/2000 2:02:24 PM
From: Road Walker	Respond to of 186894

Amy, re: "I know you like Bush, so if he wins, congratulations." I never say who I voted for, and I'm more neutral in this election than I ever have been. John

To: Amy J who wrote (116449)	11/9/2000 2:17:03 PM
From: ericneu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

a) uniform ballot that's very clear (so absolutely no one could be confused by it) --- The ballot style used in Palm Beach is fairly traditional - ballots like that have been used across the US for decades without issue. Every registered voter in Palm Beach received a copy of the ballot in the mail prior to the election. Finally, it was approved by the head of the local election commission - a democrat. No one seemed to have a problem with the ballot until it became clear that Florida could possibly determine who our next President would be. That strikes me as disingenuous at best. - Eric

To: Amy J who wrote (116449)	11/9/2000 2:23:42 PM
From: deibutfeif	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Hi AmyJ, re:...However, I rather doubt a re-vote would occur... If there is a revote anywhere, then I believe only a national revote would be fair. After all, it would seem any kind of revote would become a battle of the get-out-the-vote campaigns. And by limiting the region of "revote" to a "non-representative" subset of the nation, the results would be patently unfair, no matter which way it fell. ~dbf

To: Amy J who wrote (116449)	11/9/2000 2:54:56 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Amy, we'd be in a much bigger jam if we had gotten rid of the electoral college and gone to a pure popular vote. Given that the popular margin between Bush and Gore is around 100K votes, there would have been a nationwide recount. Thought that there were too many voting "irregularities" in the state of Florida alone? Think about how many you'll find across fifty states, plus the District of Columbia. I'd still like to see the electoral college done away with, or at least reformed so that it's no longer "winner take all per state." But with any race that is extremely close, statistical error is always going to muddy the waters. Once that happens, you might as well flip a coin. Tenchusatsu