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To: Ilaine who wrote (123682)1/25/2001 6:10:56 PM
From: Ish  Respond to of 769670
 
<<We all got an education during the Florida recount mess, didn't we? Everyone dusting off their Constitution and their copies of the Federalist papers. Hopefully we learned some things we won't ever have to worry about again.>>

But it's a hole we need to plug. Majority. That needs interpreted. Or defined. Elections are getting weirder.

<<It was a real eye-opener for me to read people complaining that they were prejudiced by their voting machines, insinuating that Votomatics were a plot to disenfranchise blacks, etc. >>

I must be black and just get sun burned for the hell of it. McLean county used the Votomatic. Never had a problem with it. Punch a hole, cast a vote. You don't even have to know how to write. I was done in less than a minute. Read the ballot in the paper, knew who I was voting for. Insert ballot, punch, punch, punch, punch, punch, punch, done. Take a look see, yep punched, hand it in.

<<Kind of like those Texas escapees blaming the Texas prison system for their breakout. >>

Press conferences for convicts. Un un un.....