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To: Cary Salsberg who wrote (40320)	12/2/2000 7:05:28 AM
From: Northern Marlin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 70976

OT You wrote: I wonder why Gore is pinning his hopes on the Miami-Dade hand recount of the 10000 under votes if what you suggest is true? I'm not one who believes that Gore is pinning his hopes on only one of the number of litigations that his team of lawyers have brought. The Democrats control the canvassing boards in Palm Beach, Miami-Dade, and Broward counties. That's why hand recounts were pressed in those three counties. There are other heavily populated counties that Gore won where the canvassing boards are controlled by Republicans (Piniellas comes to mind immediately). There are undervotes in all of the counties in Florida (and throughout the land, for that matter), though the percentages differ. Gore's Democrats control the Florida State Supreme Court (6 Dems, 1 Independent, 0 Republicans). They also have strong allies in the network news departments of ABC, CBS, CNN, and NBC. The Republicans control Florida's executive and legislative branches of government. This political fight is not about getting a correct count of the votes. That will never happen. You could have a thousand hand recounts; each will provide a different result. The voting system used by most of the counties in Florida is antiquated and provides plenty of opportunity for error and mischief. My opinion is this: Gore will never give up. He will continue to litigate and use TV news to press his case. He's politically dead now if he ever admits defeat. Had he graciously accepted the loss after the first round of recounts, he could still have salvaged another run in 2004. But now it's too late. His Party will never nominate him again; he must win this election, no matter the cost.

To: Cary Salsberg who wrote (40320)	12/2/2000 3:03:15 PM
From: Mephisto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

OT I wonder why Gore is pinning his hopes on the Miami-Dade hand recount of the 10000 under votes if what you suggest is true? Gore does not pin his hopes on Miami-Dade entirely. I'd rather follow the election news from "the rule of the court" rather than listen to personal commentary and interpretation from other SI Investors. By listening to the courts, comments made by other SI members about the election don't bother me. Hope this helps-Mephisto ****************************************************** "With at least 42 election suits pending statewide, more litigation sprouted by the hour. Among the issues added to the mix: Democrats sued the Martin County canvassing board asking to throw out all the county's 9,773 absentee ballots because Republicans were allowed to add voter identification numbers to ballot applications. A hearing was scheduled. Bush received 6,294 absentee votes in the county, compared with 3,479 for Gore, or a difference of 2,815 votes. A similar incident in Seminole County** also resulted in a Democratic lawsuit, which contends election officials violated a state law that says only the voter,an immediate family member or a guardian can fill out an absentee ballot application. That suit seeks to throw out all 15,000 absentee ballots cast in the county. A trial is scheduled for next week." dailynews.yahoo.com