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To: UnBelievable who wrote (35868)	11/9/2000 5:37:06 PM
From: GraceZ	Respond to of 436258

At some point they should flip a coin and move on. Agreed. This whole thing is making me queasy and I don't really care that much which one wins, imagine how they feel right now? Something like this brings out the worst in a lot of people.

To: UnBelievable who wrote (35868)	11/9/2000 6:13:01 PM
From: per strandberg	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Since In Most Countries Disputes Such As The One Taking Place in the US Frequently Are Resolved by Coup or Civil War 25 years ago, the the Swedish parliamentary system was reformed. Instead of two "houses", there was to be a single body consisting of 350 members. In the first election, the socialistic block got 175 seats and the conservative block also 175 seats. It was also very close with the postal votes determining the outcome. We then had four years of actually "flipping a coin" to resolve ties in voting. However, most of the time, somebody was absent, asleep or pressing the wrong button, so there were not that many issues that had to be determined by chance. The decision to change the number of seats to 349 was unanimous. I think the US situation should be regarded as a tie and (as in golf) the two leaders and no others should go through with a play-off second election.