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To: Bill who wrote (79376)	11/17/2000 10:45:11 AM
From: Nichols	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

e-bill- I consider myself a somewhat informed voter. In PA, I certainly have no idea who our SOS is. I will in the future, though!

To: Bill who wrote (79376)	11/17/2000 10:46:51 AM
From: TheLineMan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

If the Sec of State doesn't include the manual recount then she will in violation of the Constitution of the USA and will in effect have broken Federal law. Florida cannot undermine the rights of citizens indiscriminately: "In addition, if voters are not careful, paper bits called ``chad'' can remain attached to the back of the punch card and work their way back into the holes that were punched. In 1987 it was found that ballots cast in predominantly black wards in the city of St. Louis were more than three times as likely to be improperly punched -- and therefore not counted -- as those cast in predominantly white wards. A federal judge subsequently ruled that the punch card system ``denies blacks an equal opportunity with whites to participate in the political process.'' The judge ordered the city to increase voter education in black wards and count improperly marked ballots by hand