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To: Carl R. who wrote (83)	11/17/2000 9:23:43 AM
From: Zeev Hed	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 644

Carl, if indeed those chads can be loosened up by handling, I doubt that only "democratic chads" are affected by such handling. My guess would be that those chads on the floor were prepunched and simply electrostatically attached to the cards post punching during the elections and fell when inspected. If a chad was not prepressed during the election process to incompletion, I doubt that handling would loosened these out, and certainly doubt that such handling will affect only "democratic chads". However, politicians will paint these trivia as conspiracies as long as it fits their own scenario. By the way, each ballot has hundreds of chads, and if your theory about "weakly attached" chads to the punch cards hold, then I would submit that if those chads were not electrostatically attached, but released in the handling process, that they all come from just few punch cards in which all the chads were systematically weaker. I can see an entrepreneuring young student writing a doctorate thesis on the various methods of chad releases from punch cards ballots. (g). Zeev

To: Carl R. who wrote (83)	11/17/2000 9:24:55 AM
From: Bosco	Respond to of 644

<ot>Hi Carl - yes, I think the fall out [literally :)] is subject to investigation. If the allegation about the particular handler is correct, indeed it is fraud. However, I find it interesting the hawkeyes noticed the chads on the floor but didn't stop the perpetrator immediately. So, I am skeptical about the circumstance. Is it possible? Yes, but it will take quite some time to get 75 chads on the floor [it is fair to assume at least 75 ballots were inspected manually, yes?] With regard to Sec Harris, I think it is equally distasteful if Gore staff attacks her. However, the article I sent you was really from the Washington Post. While I maintain the media tendency to incite, I think skepticism goes both ways. That very fact that she is using Gov Jeb Bush's connection leaves herself open for criticism. Is the criticism legitimate? Not entirely, since she has indeed got caught between a rock and a hard place. Can she do better from the image standpoint? Probably. But then, if she did try to be more even toned do that, there were probably other traps lying in the wake. best, Bosco