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

To: London Brian who wrote (7827)	11/27/2000 3:24:39 PM
From: Skywatcher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10042

What Bush signed: (d) Subject to Subsection (e), in any manual count conducted under this code, a vote on a ballot on which a voter indicates a vote by punching a hole in the ballot may not be counted unless: (1) at least two corners of the chad are detached; (2) light is visible through the hole; (3) an indentation on the chad from the stylus or other object is present and indicates a clearly ascertainable intent of the voter to vote; or (4) the chad reflects by other means a clearly ascertainable intent of the voter to vote. (e) Subsection (d) does not supersede any clearly ascertainable intent of the voter. capitol.state.tx.us chris

To: London Brian who wrote (7827)	11/27/2000 3:48:52 PM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 10042

What I hate about the media in this whole mess is their total lack of ability in finding out facts that aren't spoon fed to them by the political parties. Sort of like stock analysts relying on the companies they cover, no? Why don't the networks have reporters looking into this? I agree that the coverage has been largely a bunch of partisans yelling at each other. Of course, some people like that. I'm wondering if the reason is that news organizations separate breaking news from in-depth coverage with different teams of people doing them. This whole election coverage was oriented around the breaking news model, and appropriately so, but they never got out of that mode to get the in-depth troops with their in-depth model on board to do the kind of thing you're talking about. Or maybe things were just changing too fast for them to put that kind of analysis together. I would have liked to see some illustrations, either film or graphhics, of the infamous voting equipment. For example, I have heard that they work like a paper punch--once you've punched a lot of paper, the punched holes back up so that the punch doesn't work any more. I would like to see what the voting tools actually look like and how they work in the real world. How hard to you have to press to get a dimple or a hanging chad? It would also have been interesting to hear about the budget and technical decision making that caused them to have the kind of equipment they have. Maybe the principals were just too busy dealing with the emergency to be available to talk to reporters. Who knows. Karen