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To: Bilow who wrote (85549)	11/15/2000 11:01:58 PM
From: Exacctnt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

How does the first recount affect your numbers? After all, that first recount already uncovered some of those not counted the first time. Wasn't Bush ahead by some 1700 after the first count?

To: Bilow who wrote (85549)	11/16/2000 1:40:16 AM
From: Skeeter Bug	Respond to of 132070

bilow, the demos knew this going into the election. ballot types are not secret information. the fact they didn't address this issue up front is tacit admission they are willing to live with the results, imho. now we find out they are mad at themselves for doing something dumb. personal responsibility, anybody? why are the demos using election equipment over 100 years old? maybe education REALLY is an issue. perhaps the demos should have focused on it more during their 8 years.

To: Bilow who wrote (85549)	11/16/2000 2:28:21 AM
From: Jeff Leader	Respond to of 132070

Carl - nice post. Certainly more useful and well-reasoned than most of the noise I hear on TV re: this issue. Of course no one (not even the pros) know for sure what the error rate will be. The Palm Beach sample recount was in the 1% area, but I believe the Miami-Dade recount indicated fewer errors. But the hand count will not be perfect either. And even worse, a handcount IS subject to judgement, so the politics of the canvassing board may come into play - consciously or not. From the Herald article I posted a link to earlier: Sirvello said, however, that given the volume of votes in Florida and the closeness of the race, the precision of the hand count method in Florida may not be fine enough to truly determine the winner. He said that as many as 10 cards in a batch of 1,000 could be read ``either way.''