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

To: CYBERKEN who wrote (1944)	11/12/2000 4:02:50 AM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6710

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Nov. 12 –– Amid dozens of disputes and seemingly seat-of-the-pants rule changes, county election workers labored all afternoon and night Saturday to manually recount 4,500 ballots in four heavily Democratic Palm Beach County precincts requested by Vice President Gore's campaign. The result was a gain of 33 votes for Gore and 14 for Texas Gov. George W. Bush in the manual recount, but a mechanical recount gave Gore 36 more votes and subtracted three from Bush, county election officials announced at 1:45 a.m. today. The tedious process--which by one account came up with 500 "questionable" ballots--began at midday Saturday after workers broke the seal on metal ballot boxes brought to the county office building under police escort. They divided into six teams of three, with a Republican and Democratic observer watching each, and the three-member canvassing board--all Democrats--presiding over the review. end of extract.... It will certainly be interesting with a Republican observer on each of the six teams...what the parties will be saying. Regards, jttmab

To: CYBERKEN who wrote (1944)	11/12/2000 4:09:19 AM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6710

Baker said it all. Manual recounts aren't for accuracy. They're a very old political card trick. Since Gov. Bush signed legislation in the great State of Texas authorizing manual recounts that means....what? Regards, jttmab

To: CYBERKEN who wrote (1944)	11/12/2000 12:33:38 PM
From: Windsock	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6710

Re: "Manual recounts aren't for accuracy. They're a very old political card trick" If true, why did Dubya sign a 1997 Bill in Texas that a manual count is the preferred method of counting votes ?? The lawyers for the R's were unaware of this when they filed their law suit claiming that the manual counts are bad, bad, bad. And of course Dubya is such a dim bulb that he can not remember that he supported and signed the Bill. Tough spot for the lawyers. The premier witness for the defense to establish that manual counts are not just satisfactory but actually preferred is Dubya the Plaintiff.