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To: blake_paterson who wrote (60923)	11/12/2000 10:15:11 AM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

Blake, A manual recount in heavily democratic counties is a travesty of our process The recount is being done under very controlled circumstances. You will have a very difficult time making a case for fraud. I don't hear you complaining about the results of the manual recount in heavily Republican Bernalillo County, New Mexico. Scumbria

To: blake_paterson who wrote (60923)	11/12/2000 10:45:07 AM
From: gnuman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

Blake, A manual recount in heavily democratic counties is a travesty of our process, cynically masquerading as "voters rights", etc.. Surely you are not so naive as to think that it has NOT been common knowledge for YEARS that the balloting system(s) in most states is antiquated and rife with a very high rate of error? Just look at the throw-outs from past elections. Surely you are not so naive as to think that the manual count in those precincts will be as precise and unbiased as a machine count. From what I've read, the antiquated punched card machine counts do have a high error rate. (Read a good article on "Hanging Chad", but can't find it anymore). Normally the winner attains a margin much higher than the error rate, so we don't see the results contested. In this case, the margin of "victory" is much lower than the machine error rate, so I think a manual, visual count may be justified. Since both parties will be involved in the recount, I think it will be unbiased. Why is the process feared so? BTW, here's an interesting article on results in Volusia County, Florida. Excerpt, ‘No wonder people in the North think we're a bunch of bumbling idiots — because we are.' — JAMES CLAYTON lawyer, DeLand, Fla. msnbc.com

To: blake_paterson who wrote (60923)	11/12/2000 11:18:40 AM
From: gnuman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

"Americans Support Recount" ACCORDING TO A NEW NEWSWEEK POLL taken on Thursday and Friday, 72 percent of adults feel that making certain the count is fair and accurate is more important than getting matters resolved as quickly as possible. And 69 percent say that the recount and the delay are proof that the U.S. electoral system is working, not a sign of weakness. msnbc.com