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To: jtech who wrote (35059)	11/9/2000 7:42:42 PM
From: Lost in New York	Respond to of 50167

To receive the majority vote and lose the election is something a democratic society should not tolerate. You assume that the turn out would have been the same in a purely popular election. I know there are Bush supporters from New York and California that don't bother voting because their votes don't count, even in a close election like this one. These people might vote in a popular election. Who knows. The election was close in popular terms. There's no predicting what would have happened in a popular election. Your assertion that the popular vote in an EC election represents the outcome of a popular style election is invalid. IMHO

To: jtech who wrote (35059)	11/9/2000 7:58:02 PM
From: edward miller	Respond to of 50167

No. You do not understand the law. The election process is NOT a direct election by popular vote. That is written in the Constitution. The electoral college is the law. This looks very much to me like electoral tampering, and I did not vote for Bush. I voted for Nader in protest of the both major parties inability to field what I feel are top quality candidates. All this complaining is simply My man did not win the process so we need to change the rules - AFTER THE FACT. This "thinking" must not be allowed to become the norm for the US or we are finished. The people in power will have no difficulty coming up with excuses for changing the rules. This is exactly how dictators gain control in the so-called Banana Republics of the world. The Democrats are turning this into a Constitutional crisis that can have serious implications beyond what you can imagine.