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

To: Art Bechhoefer who wrote (1485)	11/20/2000 9:42:44 AM
From: KyrosL	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3887

Actually, six (6) Republican leaning counties counted some ballots by hand without an explicit request by the Bush campaign. In one of them, Seminole county, the hand recount resulted in nearly 100 votes net gain for Bush. I guess it helps if your brother is Governor. People lean over backwards to please you.

To: Art Bechhoefer who wrote (1485)	11/20/2000 11:40:37 AM
From: Dr. Voodoo	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3887

So you are saying that now in America a candidate in the lead after TWO counts now needs to petition and SUE to protect his lead. That is ridiculous and you guys know it. IF IT IS A STATEWIDE ELECTION, THEN YOU SHOULD PETITION THE STATE FOR A RECOUNT. Regardless of how you would like to twist the laws. V

To: Art Bechhoefer who wrote (1485)	11/20/2000 12:27:30 PM
From: JLIHAI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3887

There are two very different strategies at work. If Bush were to play follow the leader and engage in manual recounts, he would weaken his position in the courts. Due to the selective nature of the recounts a mathematical bias exists. In addition to this, a select group of citizens are receiving special consideration while the rest of the citizens of Florida are being excluded from the same consideration. The more biased the situation, the more likely the recounts will be defeated on Constitutional grounds. The Bush people would weaken their argument by legitimizing specifically targeted recounts if they engaged in this activity themselves. Jai