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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Solon who wrote (6748)	11/19/2000 11:42:14 AM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10042

And one more thing: I will try to be clear. If a citizen votes stupid: THAT IS THEIR VOTE. If they vote confused: THAT IS THEIR VOTE. Whatever, however they vote--that is their vote. It does not need to be interpreted for them. The interpretation is for pigs: Pigs that benefit from the interpretation (and some pigs really are more equal than others). Provided the machines Statewide are certified as reliable, and as unbiased between voters, then there can be no justification for messing with what a voter has voted (be it confusion, stupidity, cupidity, or contempt). Everybody knows why their votes are being tampered with. Everybody knows. Of course they do. The imperfection of EVERY voting mechanism, from now until the end of time...does not justify messing with a voter's intention (be it stupid, or anything else). If the machines met the standards of the Electoral Board and the State...then WHY SCREW AROUND IN SELECTED AREAS???? WE KNOW WHY. If the machines were not working properly, fine. But they WERE working properly. Not one voting mechanism in any State was free of error, and not one voter is less important than any other--not anywhere in the U.S. of A. Should we keep redoing it forever, from coast to coast--GROUNDHOG DAY TILL WE GET IT RIGHT??? People should be ashamed of this crap, and this intellectual vomit. Get on with it.