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To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (19841)	11/27/2000 6:08:40 PM
From: Voltaire	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

We are about to get a Psychological reading in a few minutes on the posture of the Fla. Supreme Court. They are deciding whether to accept the case of the Butterfly Ballot that was originally brought to them. I feel their acceptance or denial of this case will tell us a lot about where we are headed. v

To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (19841)	11/27/2000 6:16:27 PM
From: Selectric II	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 65232

The WORST "disenfranchisement" is to divine a Gore vote when the voter is making a loud and clear statement of "NONE OF THE ABOVE." Judge Burton of Palm Beach said early on, when asked about the undervotes, that what was clear was that A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T VOTE FOR PRESIDENT. The number of "undecideds" was very high, all the way up to the election. Both candidates were playing for them, and neither one closed the deal. Days before the election, Jeffrey Greenfield of CNN delivered an editorial opinion that if one hadn't made up his/her mind by now, the best thing they could do was to not vote for president.