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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neocon who wrote (124961)	2/1/2001 6:09:14 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

The authority of the legislature to terminate the contest period at a certain point overrode any other consideration. Yes, the Supreme Court did decide that this authority overrode any other consideration, including the consideration of counting all legal votes. In any event, the point about the will of the people was abstract, and spoke to the issue of fundamental propriety. Since the true will of the people is indeterminable, any reasonable outcome will do........ So flipping a coin would have done as well? Indeed, the issue of fundamental propriety is relevant. It may be true that one could not scientifically establish the winner in this election, given the voting equipment used, even counting as carefully as reasonably possible. But fundamental propriety -- in this case, the idea that it is important in a democracy to actually count votes -- demands that careful count when elections are very close. Counting carefully can send the message that votes actually matter more than the convenience of local elections officials or the desires of the ruling party. Not counting carefully can send the opposite message.