To: Selectric II who wrote (17094 ) 11/16/2000 11:01:33 PM From: Sully- Read Replies (1) | Respond to Selectric II,It was obviously inappropriate to project Gore the winner in Florida while the polls were still open in Florida. Heck, even today Florida is still is too close to call with uncounted absentee ballots outstanding. IF it turns out that the media systematically projected victory in states for Gore with a lower margin of votes in the lead, while there were Bush states with a larger margin of votes in the lead & the media held back from projecting victory for Bush, then there may well be a serious problem.IMVHO, it is no different than attempting to divine the intent of a voter who, after considerable, solemn thought, left hanging chad, pregnant chad, dimpled chad or any form of chad attached to their ballot. Same goes for multiple votes for president. And butterfly ballots too. These people lost their right to vote by not personally assuring they properly selected their personal choice for president on their their own ballot, for whatever reason. In essence, one set of people would determine the voting intent of thousands of other individuals who failed to properly vote on their own. How could you possibly divine a voters intent differently in any number of ways in different counties & give absolute assurance the intent of these inappropriately completed ballots had been accurately divined? Since the ballots are designed to have the chad fall out without a minimum of effort, over handling of the ballots could cause chad to be dislodged. Florida ran every ballot through a machine counter at least twice. Select democratic strongholds have had massive handling in the attempt to divine the voters intent. Since the standards to divine a voters intent changed multiple times, some ballots were handled a massive number of times. There's chad on the floor for in these divining rooms. Who's vote did that chad represent? How did it get there?
