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To: niceguy767 who wrote (128319)	11/12/2000 8:55:57 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580249

Certainly doesn't appear to be any easy answer...It's a shame it has turned out this way...Too much riding on too few irregularities...I'm just exceedingly skeptical that "dirty tricks" around the selection process for defining "irregular counties" and "dirty tricks" around the issue of "subjective interpretation" of spoiled ballots will ultimately determine the outcome... Niceguy, I think the answer is fairly simple. If the hand count in the 4 counties reveals that Gore takes FL, then Bush will want a hand count of the entire state. If it turns out that Gore still wins FL. Then Bush will want a hand count or a recount of the states with a vote spread of less than 2%.....I think there are 4. Who's ever the winner at the end of that process will get the presidency. ted

To: niceguy767 who wrote (128319)	11/12/2000 9:04:15 PM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580249

Niceguy, I'm just exceedingly skeptical that "dirty tricks" around the selection process for defining "irregular counties" and "dirty tricks" around the issue of "subjective interpretation" of spoiled ballots will ultimately determine the outcome... Pleeeez.... Read this post from the Intel thread: To: Yaacov who wrote (117412) From: Burt Masnick Sunday, Nov 12, 2000 8:16 PM ET Reply # of 117452 Yaacov, I've been watching the recount. A democrat and a republican look at each ballot TOGETHER. If they agree that's it. If not, they take it to an election supervisor. It's done literally in a fishbowl, with TV watching every step. I don't know about you, but if I'm going to steal an election, I'd like to do it in the dark with nobody watching. This recount is being done with the rules spelled out, the whole blasted thing on TV continuously and recorded for the ages. And very few of the ballots are disagreed about. What really happenened, in my view, is that the vote in several places in Florida was handled badly. It doesn't matter in the slightest most of the time. In this wacky year, it's a virtual tie (less than 300 out of 6 million). The country, in some sense, wanted neither of these two, since neither could inspire the country to vote for them very much. So it's a world class mess, but I for one prefer an accurate count to a hasty, possibly wrong count. Especially because Gore clearly won the popular vote, and I am less comfortable with a winner being the loser of the popular vote. That's my view. Regards, Burt Scumbria