Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Strategies & Market Trends : Z Best Place to Talk Stocks -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Larry S. who wrote (26679)	11/12/2000 8:29:43 AM
From: Kelvin Taylor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 53068

Keep in mind there has been TWO counts of the votes already in accordance with the law. Bush won both. I think Baker has a point about hand counts. Suppose a ballot is double punched? Counts for Gore or not? I don't have a problem(and neither should the bush team) in a hand count for ALL the counties in FL provided the following guidelines are met: Take 1% of the total and see if there are any problems with the ballots. Only clearly and correctly punched ballots are counted. Double punched ballot are invalid. period. you did it wrong and thats the way the cookie crumbles. All ballots in this hand count are to be reviewed by a represenative of both parties to ensure an fair count of the votes. And a recount should be requested in New Mexico, Iowa, Wis. and Or to make should votes were counted correctly here too. After all this is not a constitutional issue in just Fl but every state in which the race was close. I'll take over the responsibilities of running the country in the meantime, so they should take all the time needed to get it right.

To: Larry S. who wrote (26679)	11/12/2000 8:38:55 AM
From: Ron McKinnon	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 53068

if nothing else this is interesting although I'd sure like to see the mess over with it is sad to me to see that this is just like most everything else in the US. the "real participants" sit back in the shadows while up front are a bunch of lawyers doing the dirty work maybe the days of a duel to determine the winner should be brought back who is the better shot at 10 paces? there will be all this hoopla about the electoral college but look at the popular vote out of 100mm votes a difference of only 200k or 2/10ths of 1% statistically insignificant if that was the determining factor would not Bush push for recounts all over the country? the must be many times more than that in uncounted absentee ballots maybe this mess would be even worse at some point many people are just going to say "get it over" not caring who wins and the legitimacy of either will be tainted maybe the only good that will come from this will be more than 50% or so voting in the next election as a side note i tend to see many things from a tilted perspective is it just me or is it rather ironic that for a year one of Bush's main themes has been: "Gore trusts big govt, I TRUST THE PEOPLE" but now the bush camp says: "WE TRUST MACHINES MORE THAN WE TRUST PEOPLE" make one go hmmmmmmm