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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dave Gore who wrote (105063)	12/8/2000 12:40:44 AM
From: PartyTime	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

>>>So, it is really the responsibility of the voter to follow proper voting procedure? Would you agree with that?<<< And the responsibility of the undecided voter is to stay undecided. Bush's lawyer is wrong when he says 100 dimples votes are undecided votes. Technically, if a voter wished to remain undecided, they should have never touched the race. If they did, as Bush fans are so apt to say, that voter should have gotten a new ballot. Otherwise, a dimple is a vote! Most states where this has come up, so allowed the dimple. The most recent example is Congressman Delahunt of Massachusetts who ecked out a primary victory from a hand recount where dimple ballots were counted, by the courts. He went on to win his seat.

To: Dave Gore who wrote (105063)	12/8/2000 12:45:09 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 769667

Essentially. On the other hand, he may ask for help (I have been a voting judge, and given it). Also, some machines let you know if you overvote, for example, and I have no objection to that sort of safeguard, I just don't think it is mandatory. As an election judge, if I noticed something amiss with a ballot, I would not hesitate to assist the voter by pointing it out. So I would say that it is mainly the responsibility of the voter to follow correct procedure, that there is nothing wrong in helping them along in modest ways, and that the main thing is that we are not obliged, or even in a good position, to rectify mistakes made once the ballots have been voted........