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To: PartyTime who wrote (105061)	12/8/2000 12:39:09 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Sorry, even straight ticket/dimple is conjectural. My mother has voted straight ticket Democrat and then written in one of my brothers as president because she liked neither Clinton nor Dole. A dimpled chad might mean they balked at voting for Gore.........

To: PartyTime who wrote (105061)	12/8/2000 12:43:34 AM
From: Dan B.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Re: "The undecided one has a responsibility to vote undecided. If they did not, then that's their fault--is it not?" You are reaching far here. If the rules said "be sure you don't leave a dimple or your vote may be counted," then you'd be correct, and it would be their responsibility. But you know the rules say if you DON'T get the chad out, it won't be a vote. The true responsibility as the system now exists when you go into the booth, lies with the voter. The non-voter in a race only has the responsibility to see to it that he didn't remove a chad he didn't want to. Dan B

To: PartyTime who wrote (105061)	12/8/2000 12:48:51 AM
From: Dan B.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Re: "Most candidates in a close race where a recount is at play, set back and let the respective cavassing boards do their duty," This is the only race in Fla. History where hand-counting territorial advantages went to a single candidate...not because the other guy always asked for his territory, but because it's NEVER happened in a state-wide race in Fla. In county races, it has always covered ALL precincts unless perhaps it was a localized machine failure or localized fraud. This not being the case here, only statewide counting is legal under our constitution and any intent of the Fla. State Legislature you can point to. Dan B