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To: Michelino who wrote (39522)4/15/2004 2:30:08 AM
From: D. Long  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 793843
 
In 2000, we fell through that hole for the first time since Grover Cleveland. Time to fill it in.

Fill it in with what? The mess would have been considerably more intractable without the Electoral College. With the inherent uncertainties of the ballot, as we learned in 2000, the EC provides a very workable mechanism for determining who gets a state's votes.

As an aside, the '60 election was just as "smelly" as the 2000. Difference was that Nixon graciously conceded the election to Kennedy.

Derek



To: Michelino who wrote (39522)4/15/2004 3:02:21 AM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793843
 
If we went by the popular vote, a very close election might give us the Florida recount battle in all 50 states. At least we were limited to one state.

The actual moral imo, is to run state elections competently. If there hadn't been many more uncounted ballots lying around than the margin of victory, there would have been nothing to fight over.


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