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To: Dave Wulkan who wrote (114281)	12/13/2000 11:56:07 AM
From: George Coyne	Respond to of 769670

If they are not available for scrutiny then we definately have a system that can be subverted and most likely was. If there was any subversion, it was in the 19,000 double punched ballots in the Palm Beach Co. presidential race in Dem. stronghold precincts.

To: Dave Wulkan who wrote (114281)	12/13/2000 12:18:46 PM
From: Scrapps	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Retention of Voting Documentation (42 U.S.C. 1974 through 1974e) This statute applies in all jurisdictions and to all elections in which a federal candidate is on the ballot. It requires election officials to preserve for 22 months "all records and papers which came into their possession relating to an application, registration, payment of a poll tax, or other act requisite to voting." (NOTE: The Department of Justice considers this law to cover all voter registration records, all poll lists and similar documents reflecting the identity of voters casting ballots at the polls, all applications for absentee ballots, all envelopes in which absentee ballots are returned for tabulation, all documents containing oaths of voters, all documents relating to challenges to voters or absentee ballots, all tally sheets and canvass reports, all records reflecting the appointment of persons entitled to act as poll officials or poll watchers, and all computer programs used to tabulate votes electronically. In addition, it is the Department of Justice's view that the phrase "other act requisite to voting" requires the retention of the ballots themselves, at least in those jurisdictions where a voter's electoral preference is manifested by marking a piece of paper or by punching holes in a computer card.)

To: Dave Wulkan who wrote (114281)	12/13/2000 12:32:49 PM
From: Srexley	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

You have responded to my post without answering the question I asked. I will ask again: Do you think it is fair to have the democratic lawyers for the democratic candidate set the standards for counting votes? I will answer your question. "What do you think will hapen to them (ballots)?" I don't know. I am sure some groups will count them. If they use a strict standard, GWB will still win. If any mark, anywhere near a candidate's box is counted, Gore might win, he might not. I will say that it ABSOLUTLEY, POSITIVELY does not matter. GWB won by the rules in place at the time of the election. People that want him to fail don't care about our country.