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To: Sabrejet who wrote (8119)	11/22/2000 3:12:46 PM
From: Zeev Hed	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 30051

I think that the system actually works very well. On rare occasions we get a state contest (New Mexico and Florida) where the margin is in the .01% range. The other contested states (Iowa, Oregon and Wisconsin) the margins were around 5000 votes on fewer voters. It will help if we standardized the ballots to be such that everyone entitled to vote can easily vote without confusion or the need of strength, probably a multimodal system having "Speech recognition" for the blind, "tactile" for the infirm and "responsive", namely your selection is read out spoken back to you for assurance that you made the right selection (through earphones for instance in a sound proof boot). As for the current fracas, I see no choice but to listen to the court's decision, which I thought was well thought out and for the counties to do the best they can within the time frame they have. Stopping the count, is not a solution, IMHO. Doing count of "doubtful" only is a partial solution but better than no count at all. As for point 2 (popular vote), it would not be relevant if there was absolute knowledge that the electoral college and the popular vote did not go the same way, i think that here we have a situation where we really do not know what the true electoral college is (as far as true representation of the people of Florida), thus, if it is thrown into the US Congress, the popular vote should be one of many (non partisan, I hope) elements dictating the selection of the next President. Zeev irrevolute.iuma.com

To: Sabrejet who wrote (8119)	11/22/2000 5:59:20 PM
From: Bosco	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 30051

<ot>Hi Sabrejet - I am not a legal person, so maybe you can help me out, will you please explain on what basis you assert The Texas law in place could quite ironically be declared invalid if ever challenged. It reads and has been interpreted by many in a number of ways. I have heard numerous explanations and I still can't determine which one I "LIKE"!!!;) Specifically, what sort of challenge would you mount to overturn this texas stature? If it is obvious, why would Gov Bush sign it into law? TIA best, Bosco