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To: Tom Hua who wrote (3155)	11/12/2000 8:17:34 PM
From: Druss	Respond to of 19633

Tom--Of interest to me was an article I saw in the local paper saying despite it all we have a very stable government. There are no sand bags being piled around the White House, no riots in the streets, no military units moving, just arguments about the procedure and how to settle this. Very different from so many countries in the world where the theft of an election is a foregone conclusion before the vote is even taken. For what it is worth, locally the ballots were done by filling in a circle next to the candidates name, no partial punching involved. Quite possible though someone wrote an X instead of filling in the box as the instructions read though. All the Best Druss

To: Tom Hua who wrote (3155)	11/12/2000 11:42:58 PM
From: Triffin	Respond to of 19633

The point I'm making is the machine error rate of about 1% is significantly higher than the gap of 0.005% between the 2 candidates. The tiny margin renders it impossible to declare a winner in the state of FL. Unfortunately, statistical draw or not, the Florida Election Commission will certify the election in favor of someone and because 25 electoral votes go with that certification .. the presidency .. Watching this story unfold reminds me of a short story I read some 25 years ago by, I think, Kurt Vonnegut .. can't remember the title, but the gist of it was that the election process in the country had evolved to the point where a government computer system picked one member of the population to cast 'a single vote' and that one vote determined the next president .. the story centered on the pressures and constant scrutiny that the 'Elector' had to deal with between the time he was 'chosen' and when he had to vote .. subsequent administrations were remembered not by the name of the President but by the name of the Elector .. good story .. Jim in CT .. @they've-got-to-give-it-to-somebody.com