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To: donjuan_demarco who wrote (112098)	12/12/2000 12:55:34 PM
From: HighTech	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Could you explain who, specifically, would be denied equal protection under the law if the undervotes are counted? I voted on a punch card ballot. I don't remember whether I punched the holes all the way through as instructed. According to estimates on CNN, there were millions of undervotes across the country. Now, if my vote was not counted because I made an error in not following instructions to remove all chads, my vote did not count. So if you just count the undervotes in Florida, my vote and the other millions of voters who may have made the same mistake will not be counted in the same way they would be counted in Fla, just counting undervotes. That's not only diluting my vote, but it is excluding it and it is treating someone else in another state more favorably and differently from the way my vote or non vote was tallied. Cleary not fair and a violation of the US Const.

To: donjuan_demarco who wrote (112098)	12/12/2000 12:56:38 PM
From: dvdw©	Respond to of 769670

Two Points Don 1. There are no Federal Elections only State elections which cover federal offices. 2. Non Votes would be imputed to votes for one or the other candidate under the subjective standards used in Florida so far. This matters not to Democrats, they need these votes. With over 51% of the national body politic choosing None of the Above, then the statistics should tell you that a certain % of the Abstaining votes did not Abstain completely, but voted locally or for another office or issue.It is from these voters that Conversion by subjective Intent is being enacted, without regard to these voters rights to say NEITHER. Hence the precept of Undervotes is flawed from the get go. But of course I understand, you still need some votes.