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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (39526)	11/11/2000 9:11:09 PM
From: Jerome	Respond to of 70976

Perhaps this is an indication that Florida is a poorly managed state. So many problems in so many counties (both Dem & Rep) does not speak well of the current Governor and his administration. It had not been mentioned before that one of the reasons all these old voting machines are still around is because they lend themselves to manipulation by the precinct workers. Having worked many an election in Detroit years past, these old machines had some quirks that both DEMS and Republicans could use to advantage. Havn't you ever wondered why some areas were 90% democratic or 90% republican and seemed to stay that way no matter how the population changed? Jerome

To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (39526)	11/11/2000 9:22:53 PM
From: Jerome	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

In the New York Times this week they had an article about the electoral college (actually two articles) The first article was in the Thursday Paper (New York Times) and gave a brief history of the Electoral College. In short the Electoral College was an equalizer between slave and non slave states. The example they used was Virginia and Pennsylvania. The idea was to stop the non slave states (Northern) from having an election advantage over slave states (Southern). The second article quoted some scholar as saying that if Florida did not certify a winner. Then the electoral College would just leave Florida's electoral votes out of the electoral process. Jerome