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To: tejek who wrote (128521)	11/14/2000 1:20:08 PM
From: david_langston	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571001

Ted, ..warrant either candidate requesting a recount where the contested tallies are very close. That's a good one! ROFLMAO COUNTY UNOFFICIAL GORE UNOFFICIAL BUSH GORE RECOUNT BUSH RECOUNT COUNT COUNT BROWARD 386,518 386,561 177,279 177,323 PALM BEACH 268,945 269,732 152,846 152,951 VOLUSIA 97,063 97,063 82,214 82,214 foxnews.com <sarcasm>Those were certainly cliffhanger counties!</sarcasm> Dave

To: tejek who wrote (128521)	11/14/2000 1:31:44 PM
From: EricRR	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571001

This is an extraordinarily close race, and I think the numerous errors in miscounting already evident warrant either candidate requesting a recount where the contested tallies are very close. There have been two machine counts. Hand recounts are more subjective, but could also find votes that the machines had missed. How many hand recounts will we need before we believe them? Should all the counties use the same "partial punch" criteria? (which is not the case now) The law in Florida says that hand recounts are to be used when fraud is found, when "obviously" the machines malfunction, or when the major "irregularities" are found. Certianly the election is so close that voters who failed to fully punch their ballots could make a difference. But there is no reason to believe that such a hand recount would benefit one canidate over another, if hand recounts were preformed in ALL areas. Lets say after the second recount someone wins by 200 votes- Do we need another recount? and a fourth? When does it end? And what if one person wins if partial "quarter punch" votes are counted, while another wins if only partial "half punch" votes are counted? Who decides? The law doesn't say. The fact is that the election is so close that there is no "measurable" winner. This is because the measurement technique is not sensitive enough, when on considers improperly punched cards. The only way to decide is to follow the rules that everyone agreed on BEFORE the election. Legal anality is the only possible resolution to the election. Either that or flip a coin.