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To: Cirruslvr who wrote (136850)	5/11/2001 8:42:59 AM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580235

``Gore would likely have won if all overvote ballots had been properly marked,'' said Anthony Salvanto, a political scientist at the University of California-Irvine who assisted the news organizations on the study. He said people who cast overvotes were clearly confused by the presidential portion of the Florida ballot and had few problems casting votes in other races. The paper said voters were confused by a long list of minority-party presidential candidates on the ballot. USA Today said only 6 percent of those who overvoted in the presidential race made the same mistake in the Senate race, which was next on the ballot. He concluded that the leading causes of overvotes in Florida were ballot design and ballot wording. USA Today said Florida's controversial ``butterfly'' ballot was a key problem for many voters. The ballot put candidates' names on facing pages with punch holes in the middle. The alignment confused some voters, who punched holes for candidates they did not intend to choose. Scumbria

To: Cirruslvr who wrote (136850)	5/11/2001 9:39:27 AM
From: Windsock	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580235

Cirr - Re: You forgot to post this part - President Bush would have won a hand recount of all disputed ballots in Florida's presidential election using the two most common standards for judging votes, according to a USA Today analysis published on Friday. The article fails to mention that the third standard -- the one required under Florida law -- would have resulted in a Gore win. Tony "the Fixer" Scalia would not allow a vote count using that standard. Time had run out you see. Of course Tony had stopped the count to delay things to protect Boy George. Then when the legal review was finished, there was no time left so -- game over, my Boy George wins.