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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Math Junkie who wrote (6231)	11/15/2000 7:00:35 PM
From: Brad	Respond to of 10042

Is it right to change the rules in the midst of an election?

To: Math Junkie who wrote (6231)	11/15/2000 7:03:11 PM
From: Dan B.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10042

Re: statewide handcounts..." I think it unlikely that Bush would agree to it." Right. Well, not exactly. Well, not now anyway, later, for sure, he would. You see, Bush will continue to fight hand-counts as unreliable, but also POINTING OUT AS HE HAS again and again, that selective counts are unfair(this purely is BEGGING for hand-counts by Bush, you see?). But for now, Bush's path is to get the federal courts to barr selective hand-counts(this itself potentially leading to state-wide recounts), or failing that, to get his winning results certified Friday and let Gore sue the results to death. At least that is, essentially, a level playing field ending arrived at by the existing process that's taken place. I'm sure Bush plans to concede if Gore gets his way with the unbalanced hand-counts he is claiming. If the authorities that be offer a statewide hand-count(Gore hasn't that power), Bush will certainly accept it, unless he somehow calculates ahead of time he'd lose, at which point he'd also concede. Otherwise, either loser would concede when it's clear from the hand-count he's lost. Dan B

To: Math Junkie who wrote (6231)	11/15/2000 7:33:01 PM
From: MJ	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10042

If such a thing were to happen----I propose that fair campaign practices apply with the Republican Party and Democrat Party each having at minimum three or two officially designated representatives by the parties per each election official that does the handcounting. (With the privelege of examining and verifying each ballot as it is counted.) This is the only way to assure fairness. To allow handcounting of ballots without party representatives verifying the count of each ballot would put in doubt the results and would not be fair to the American people. With both parties verifying and signing off on results as well as the election officials signing off, the results become acceptable. A Republican proposal mj