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To: ratan lal who wrote (118698)	11/21/2000 8:04:27 AM
From: Dan3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Re: My impression is that the justices were looking for a way to have the ballots counted That's generally the direction the courts will tend to go. They try very hard to never deny any legitimate votes - even if they were technically in error. If not for that strong preference of the courts, the 5,000 Bush leaning ballots that should have been disqualified (they were missing legally required information) that were illegally corrected by Republican workers after they were cast would almost certainly be rejected and Gore would almost certainly win Florida. Dan

To: ratan lal who wrote (118698)	11/21/2000 1:19:35 PM
From: pgerassi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Dear Ratan: They are more likely to allow the SOS to certify the election, allow the recounts to continue, and have Gore use the totals in the contest phase of the election so that if, Gore can not convince the courts of the validity of his position or the recounts are not finished with enough votes to make Gore the winner, everything terminates on Dec. 11 so that, by the Dec. 12, Florida's electors, and thereby the 6 million voters who voted correctly, are not disenfranchised by the process. All that is lost by Gore is that the standard of contesting the results becomes higher (as it would have in any previous election (IMHO, this is how Gore should have proceeded without the political posturing and spin requirements)) and the face saving of not having lost the election without going to court (which he did anyway). Perhaps the silver lining in this whole mess is that PCBs will no longer be allowed (should have been done away with a long time ago (ditto for voting machines)), polls will be closed at a uniform time (by agreement with all the other states), and a non partisan system will be setup, so that this mess can never happen again (even with a razor thin election in one or more states (even an outright tie). Perhaps it will be a simple as the rules for the Big Ten Rose Bowl Tiebreakers (if the election is within the margin of error (tightly defined (say 0.1% of voters)), the non incumbent wins, or if both are not incumbent, the party not in power the longest is chosen). This might stop even the need to go to court unless something really rotten happens (blantant vote fraud or gross negligence). Pete