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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: greenspirit who wrote (82061)	11/19/2000 5:27:21 PM
From: Follies	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

November 19 16:55EST BROWARD COUNTY, Broward County officials have made the decision to go ahead and count unused ballots. Broward County has 8,455 ballots which were left unused on election day. This batch of unused ballots has produced a net gain of 133 votes for Gore. Officials noted that in order to determine the true intent of the ballot it was necessary to add the condition of a "blushed" chad, to the dimpled and pregnant chad categories. Blushed chad show a slight discoloration which cleary indicates the the intent of the chad.

To: greenspirit who wrote (82061)	11/19/2000 5:32:16 PM
From: TH	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

How about chads that show signs of "harmonic resonance". -vbg- Yes, its becoming a side-show. HAGO TH

To: greenspirit who wrote (82061)	11/19/2000 5:41:34 PM
From: Bull RidaH	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

A MESSAGE TO THE FLORDIA SUPREME COURT The democrats knew the rules and laws of this election (That returns MUST be in within 7 days of the vote to be counted {Fl statute 102.111), and didn't object to that rule before the election. Since they lost in the statutory count at the prescribed deadline, they now want the rules changed... AFTER THE FACT!! If they don't like the FL statute law imposing the deadline, they should attempt to rewrite it during FL's next legislative session. But to put this court in a position where it sanctions continued recounts which now can never be acceptable by ALL voters is inexcusable. People can accept the law and its results: An initial count was held, then a recount, and definite results were submitted by the legal deadline, which when coupled with the final absentee ballots yield a legally defensible winner. But this whole country will never accept that FL's laws were OVERTURNED, so that subjective manual vote counting could take place. Questions of "who appointed these FL Supreme Court Judges" and were they acting on partisan desires versus sound application of law will forever trumpet across this country. And nagging questions would remain... Which count was the best, the first count when ballots were in their most pristine form, the 2nd when more time was taken and meticulous care given, but with ballots now having been handled more times, or subsequent manual counts where each ballot is scrutinized by several people, but which have now passed through many hands, and are being judged with different standards by different people. And where can you fairly draw the line on how each vote should be judged now that you KNOW how each judgement will impact the election. If you rule that the square for the candidate must be completey punched through with no "chad" remnants in place, then you will have awarded the State and thus the election to Bush. If you rule that if the square for the candidate shows any signs of being touched, dimpled, or "pregnant," but no perforations were made, however the vote still may count for that candidate if the PARTISAN canvassing board for the county deems it to be "probably the voters intent", then you will award the State of Florida and thus the election to Gore. By opening the door of striking down a long-standing and previously upheld law AFTER lawful election results have been submitted, you would be effectively deciding who becomes next president amongst yourselves, based on your entire ruling. Democrats are asking you to overturn Florida Law that required election results to be final as of Nov 14th. Then make arbitrary decisions in setting up rules to go in a manual recount that will give YOU power to determine who won the election. It's very much like watching a game with no rules being played and completed, then giving someone the right to watch the game on video again, then make rules that will determine the "fair" winner. This is an impossible task as personal prejudices will surely raise their head in the rule-makers to give their favored opponent in the game the greater chance of winning. Then those who apply the rules and tally the score must be able to completely deny their own personal interests in carrying out their work in a neutral manner. And even if both the rule-makers and scorekeepers are completely honest, forthright and neutral in their work, the side that loses will not believe that an honest decision was reached, leaving the sense of disenfranchisement in a large group of onlookers. By ruling in the Petitioners' (democrats) favor, this court will put itself and all involved in a "no-win" position, and plunge the nation into further strife and bitter contentiousness.