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To: drew_m who wrote (17077)	12/10/2000 11:37:37 AM
From: Andre Williamson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

OT The Machine count was well within the margin of error. What margin of error? Out of every 10,000 ballots cast... ...the punch card machines reject some 150. A number of these (about 20% or 30 of 10,000 based on hand recounts) are typically deemed valid ballots. (Whatever the naysayers say, the people who designed these machines say close elections require hand recounts.) ...the optical machines reject about 30. (Put another way, the closest that the machines seem able to get is about 9970-9980 out of 10,000 (99.7-99.8% accuracy) - making mistakes on about 20-30 ballots out of 10,000) ...and in this election, the difference is less than 1 (one!!!!!) ballot in 10,000, which would require machine accuracy of better than 99.99% Put yet another way, the machines would have to be 20 times more precise than they actually are for a machine-only count to provide confidence in the current result. I agree that the standard for what constitutes a vote shouldn't be changed after an election takes place, but to say the standard is whatever the machine says it is (with extremely faulty equipment in some precincts) is unacceptable. Typical practice is for reps from both parties to review ballots and come to agreement, right? Andre

To: drew_m who wrote (17077)	12/11/2000 10:03:36 AM
From: Steve 667	Respond to of 60323

Drew, You are absolutely right. Any court decision which clearly allows exactly the same punch card ballot to be counted purposely with two completely different results in two different counties is not only inherently flawed but irresponsible. The USSC will not allow this to stand. Equal protection is a BIG BIG DEAL! Even bigger than who becomes president! As Justice Wells alluded to, it is more important to kill this cancer than kill the patient. It is this in un-uniform standard that has put into play the fact that there may not be a satisfactory remedy. Why is it that over the years Florida has had more problems with voting than any other state? Remember the movie "Key Largo"? At any rate, Drew, it is crystal clear that this market detests uncertainty, is repulsed by Al Gore and likes Bush. So do I. Having SNDK in the S&P 400 is very very bullish for SNDK. Do any stocks overlap with the S&P 400 and the S&P 500? Steve 667