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To: Bux who wrote (89696)	12/10/2000 12:24:32 AM
From: waverider	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

>>>Really sad.<<< What is really sad is your biased interpretation of the US Constitution. It is also clear you do not understand that there are biased interpretations about how to read the intent of the voter. Just count the ballots you say? Simple it seems to you doesn't it? By whose rules? Count the ballots twenty times and you will get twenty different results. Which result would you pick? How deep of a dimple would you accept? Ever voted for a Republican when the rest of your ballot was Democratic? No matter...as was one standard used...if the entire ballot was market Republican the intent should be assumed to be a Rebpublican choice for President. The dimple goes to Bush. Right? And visa versa for the Democratic selected ballot. What a crock. That's the kind of standard they were using Bux in case you haven't been up to speed with the news. Get real. Nice to have a place to express your opinions though, isn't it? Perhaps you can go back to the Moderated thread and bring all this up. Quinness Boy

To: Bux who wrote (89696)	12/10/2000 1:57:02 AM
From: Mark Fleming	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

The ironic thing is, if all the votes are counted and categorized, there may not be a need for more specific standards, there may be a clear winner just based on the number of votes that rational people can all agree on. Perhaps you didn't see the ballots "counted" in Broward County on TV. If you did, and you watched with an open mind, you'd know that these were votes divined for Gore, not counted.

To: Bux who wrote (89696)	12/10/2000 5:35:52 PM
From: anandnvi	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 152472

Bux, My thoughts on the election and why I must disagree with you -- Only those votes that were read by the machines should be considered legitimate since that was the premise of the election. If a voter cannot make her intent apparent to the machine, her undervote by definition does not qualify - it is not merely a matter of human subjectivity entering into the picture when such votes are counted. As an analogy, consider the SAT/GRE or any standardized test - if you do not color the entire oval on the exam sheet, the machine will not recognize your intent, and you know this before you take the exam. Whining after the fact that your half-colored ovals should be examined to divine your intent is not playing by the rules - it's attempting to change them Anand