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To: sandeep who wrote (53137)	11/10/2000 5:10:19 PM
From: hdl	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

with the money that has been spent on the election by both sides, it would be a relative pittance to buy the votes of some of the faithless electors of all or any or no faiths. it would be a possibly good use of msft's funds.

To: sandeep who wrote (53137)	11/10/2000 5:35:50 PM
From: Dave	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

"Dave, you should try to understand (I am not sure you can)..." Where did THAT come from??? Having a bad day? "...the problem Bush faces. He could win Florida and still lose in the electoral college because of shenanigans pulled off by Gore (faithless elector problem)." While that's theoretically possible, it's never happened in history (unless you count Hawaii's first electors, who voted differently, but that wasn't really a "faithless" problem but a procedural one, and it didn't affect the national outcome). I really don't think either the Republicans or Democrats are taking this risk too seriously. It is not clear that a rogue electoral vote would be upheld. "So, it makes sense for him to try get as many electors as possible in his column so that possibility of mischief will be minimized. Of course this possibility has been enhanced because of Gore's efforts to overturn the will of the people of Florida who can vote properly." That's a stretch. It's obvious and undebatable that the Florida vote has been sloppy. Their recount uncovered THOUSANDS of mysteriously missing votes, while the margin of victory is 0.005%. It is entirely possible that another recount would have a completely different total. The Democrats would be negligent if they didn't thoroughly investigate the complaints and reports of polling irregularities. If the Democratic Party were a publically held corporation, and they didn't investigate these allegations diligently, they would undoubtedly be subject to a shareholders' suit. It's easy to discount the 5% of Palm Beach voters (15% of black voters) whose votes were invalidated, on the basis that they're too dumb to be allowed to vote. But one of the mixed blessings of Democracy is that even slow-witted citizens are afforded a voice. In a state with a 0.005% margin of victory, a 5% error (which you've got to admit is suspicious; are even Floridians THAT dumb?) is absolutely worth investigating. I think this has little to do with renegade electors and everything to do with triple-checking that 0.005% margin. Dave