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

To: Susan G who wrote (1754)	11/11/2000 1:18:44 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6710

Of course the Republicans are fighting the manual recount because they are afraid it will go against them, but here is the reason why: both parties will provide teams to examine the ballots and attempt to determine what the intention of the voter was. If the counting teams are unable to agree, then the canvassing board will decide. The canvassing board in Palm Beach county are Democrats. You seem to think that the manual recount will be clear-cut, but in fact there is room for subjectivity, and where there is subjectivity, bias comes into play, especially where the stakes are so high. The ballots ought to be examined by disinterested parties, but where can we find those? I think Gore would feel the same way if the shoe were on the other foot.

To: Susan G who wrote (1754)	11/11/2000 1:25:18 PM
From: TraderGreg	Respond to of 6710

Susan--Let's call a spade a spade and step back a few days. The Republicans were incensed at the thought of a REVOTE, correct? They wanted the process to be confined to existing FL recount law, correct? One element of that recount law is a retabulation by machine, to be sure. However, it was very well known IN ADVANCE that another element of that recount process could be a manual recount. Since the punch card method will not identify partially punched ballots where chads<pieces>sp?) of the card may not have been completely punched out, a manual process is the only way to validate those cards. (Remember, NONE of the above has anything to do with double votes or that ballot confusion...this is a problem with the integrity of the punch card process) Now, while a REVOTE is an extremely rare event, a MANUAL RECOUNT is OFTEN done in close elections. Now, to paraphrase old Sam Ervin, "I'm just a country statistician from Morgantown, WV(Sam was from Morganton, NC), but I got to tell you that there is something the Republicans just plain don't want revealed as part of the manual recount" Quod Erat Demonstradum TG

To: Susan G who wrote (1754)	11/11/2000 6:25:15 PM
From: Paul Moerman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6710

I don't think the republicans are scared of a manual recount, IF it is statewide and not just in heavily democratic-registered counties. Fair is fair.