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Politics : Why is Gore Trying to Steal the Presidency? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: chalu2 who wrote (1163)	11/19/2000 12:22:56 AM
From: lml	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3887

chalu2: I am curious to know why you think that any ballots without postmarks should be counted? Isn't it Florida election law that they must not be? I think the proper argument here is the same argument why any hand counts submitted more than seven days after the election should be considered by the Secretary of State. Florida law provides that she does not have the accept them, correct? Yet the Democratic campaign argues otherwise. Why? Why the will of the people, of course. Well then why not apply the same argument to the overseas absentee ballots? You see, at issue here is compliance with legal technicalities based upon finality balanced against the underpinnings of any electoral scheme that the will of the people be express in the election result. Really, any effort to include, rather than exclude ballots absent a post marked is no different than the tardiness that may be granted the hand counted ballots. The only problem with the hand counted ballots is the opportunity for mischief and the increasingly lack of trustworthiness as evidenced by changing standards and now sworn affidavits probative of possible fraud. The same cannot be said for an overseas ballot that was received and stamped by the county registrar on a date that could only have been signed, sealed and mailed on or before November 7. As far as your reference to ballots postmarked by an Israel post office, what's the issue? According to the story, all the Bush team did was call in a rabbi to confirm a proper postmark date. It called due diligence. There's no claim of fraud here. Don't make such an instance something its not; its a non-event.