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To: Alighieri who wrote (129768)	12/15/2000 5:02:49 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1570681

hey tried, but the ballots in question were never counted. Not once, not twice, not ever. Depends on what you mean by counted. They where run through the counting machines twice. They didn't register but is that the fault of the machine, the ballot, or the voter not correctly voting. I would have supported a statewide recount with no dimpled chads counted that started as soon as posible after the election, but neither side would have supported that idea. Tim

To: Alighieri who wrote (129768)	12/15/2000 5:12:00 PM
From: Don Dunlap	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570681

Off Topic, Hindsight being 20/20, Gore made a legal mistake when he decided to extend the certification period by two weeks. Had he accepted the original certification on November 14th, he still would have had roughly 9 days to hand recount Florida after the final Supreme Court Ruling. 7 of the 9 justices agreed that there were Constitutional problems with the current recount. The reason the recount ended is because 5 of the justices thought there was no time for remedy. In the final analysis, Gore and the Florida Supreme court did themselves in by extending the protest period at the expense of the contest period. Maybe the legislature wasn't so stupid with that original certification date. This whole problem boils down to VOTER ERROR. Nothing else. As to the hand recount, I propose that Rush Limbaugh count all the votes. After all, we all want a recount right? He would be the ultimate judge of what counted as a vote. This is essentially what happened in Dade, Palm Beach and Broward counties except the counters were Democrats.