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To: Alan Whirlwind who wrote (10787)	11/19/2000 4:22:36 PM
From: Wren	Respond to of 42834

<<The real jokes in this whole process have been the media who called Florida early for Gore (while a number of counties in the state had polls still open) and then called Bush president before a lot of people retired for the night. What absolute idiots. During the next election I will ignore their worthless drivel for sure.>> Alan, I got fed up last time. This time I kept up by checking the status on the internet from time to time. I did not listen to one word of the media with their premature predictions, etc. I enjoyed election night more than I have in years.

To: Alan Whirlwind who wrote (10787)	11/19/2000 5:42:12 PM
From: Math Junkie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42834

Re: "Florida's only mistake was that it had an automatic recount rule," it seems to me more serious than that. We have learned that there are no statewide standards for determining marginal votes in manual recounts. There is also no requirement that manual recounts for statewide offices be conducted on a statewide basis, thus creating the obvious potential for inequity. Then there is the controversy over whether the Florida Secretary of State was bound by law to ignore manual recounts which came in past the Tuesday deadline. One statute says late returns "shall" be ignored. Another says they "may" be ignored. A third statute gives parties the right to request manual recounts, yet the deadline in the first two statutes cited above makes this extremely difficult in larger counties. If you doubt this, consider the fact that the law allows parties to request a manual recount at any time prior to the county's return being certified. If the canvassing board grants the request, then the statute specifies that there will be an initial recount to sample 1% or more of the votes. Then the canvassing board has to look at the results and decide whether a manual recount of the whole county is justified. Only after all that is done can a county-wide manual recount begin. When you consider that it is doubtful whether Palm Beach and Miami-Dade Counties will be able to complete their recounts within seven days of finally getting started, let alone within seven days of the election, the ridiculousness of the Florida election laws becomes apparent. What a mess. Is it any wonder that the parties are at each other's throats in the canvassing boards, the courts, and the media? leg.state.fl.us leg.state.fl.us leg.state.fl.us