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To: combjelly who wrote (209206)	10/29/2004 10:31:07 AM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572627

re: But look on the bright side. This election is probably going to lead to sweeping reforms in our electoral process. If it winds up in the Senate and Cheney chooses the next president... Zogby has it as a dead heat this morning. My guess is that there will be a lawyer clash in both FL and OH at least. I'm almost certain this won't be settled on the 3rd. Hopefully, we can go to the popular vote next time around. The way it's set up right now, one precinct can determine a whole state, and that one state can determine the whole election. With so much at stake, there is a motivation to cheat on a local level. A couple of 1000 votes can be huge in FL or OH, but doesn't mean much on a national basis if you use the total pop vote. John

To: combjelly who wrote (209206)	10/29/2004 1:36:57 PM
From: brushwud	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572627

It was Florida's bad luck that they were key to the last election. I suspect most any state that had their election procedures scrutinized as closely as Florida has would show irregularities. Yes, I agree. But look on the bright side. This election is probably going to lead to sweeping reforms in our electoral process. Not clear, any more than the last election. If it winds up in the Senate and Cheney chooses the next president... No, the Senate and Cheney have no say, but the Republicans would win. See the twelfth article of amendment: house.gov "The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice."

To: combjelly who wrote (209206)	10/29/2004 1:39:58 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572627

It was Florida's bad luck that they were key to the last election. I suspect most any state that had their election procedures scrutinized as closely as Florida has would show irregularities. I am not sure that that is true. I agree that every state will have some irregularities but I think FLA's are the extreme. I suspect the system was broken for a long time.......in fact, there were complaints all through the 90s that never got addressed. I think FLA now is playing catch up and that's hard to do without there being major problems. ted