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Politics : Electoral College 2000 - Ahead of the Curve -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Windsock who wrote (1414)	11/9/2000 9:12:03 PM
From: CYBERKEN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6710

Understood. But those weren't presidential elections mandated by the federal constitution. The federal court could be involved (ultimately the Supreme Court) if a re-vote is taken on a day other than the constitutionally mandated one. There's a specific reason that the Founders didn't just tell the scattered planters, etc. to "just vote and send us some electors sometime in November". I can only speculate on that reason, but I suspect it's because the intention was not to allow results in other regions influence the overall outcome. A re-vote anywhere in a presidential election could be argued to be substantially changed by far more factors than could be listed here. The case for tossing the entire county, OTOH, if the argument is that the ballot is illegal, is much stronger than the one for taking another vote. I should disclose that I have no sympathy for the "disenfranchisement" argument. You are offered a full opportunity to show up and cast a valid vote. That also implies the right to screw it up on your own...

To: Windsock who wrote (1414)	11/9/2000 10:44:14 PM
From: EJhonsa	Respond to of 6710

In the middle of all this talk about West Palm Beach, it's being forgotten that the recklessness displayed by the media on Tuesday evening may have severely damaged Bush's vote count within the state. As you might remember, all the major stations called Florida for Gore while the polls in a large portion of the Panhandle, predominantly Bush country, were still open for another 45 minutes, due to the fact that this part of the state operates in the Central Time Zone. It's not crazy to assume that a number of Panhandle voters, quite possibly more than enough needed to negate the Mr. Magoo outtake that took place in West Palm Beach regardless of what happens in the courts there, and thus tilt this election/farce into Bush's favor once and for all, may have been discouraged from going to the polls upon finding out about this "development". It's funny that, on a relative basis, the mainstream media isn't bringing this up too often. I guess they prefer to focus upon controversial issues of the non-self-incriminating kind. Eric