ATTN JMS: Opinion on Bush's Win?

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From: "Mac Breck" <macbreck at access995.com>
Date: 9 Nov 2000 23:04:32 -0700
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Wesley Struebing" <strueb at americanisp.com>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 11:59 PM
Subject: Re: ATTN JMS: Opinion on Bush's Win?


> On 9 Nov 2000 15:17:08 -0700, "Mac Breck" <macbreck at access995.com>
> wrote:
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> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Dan Riley" <dsr at mail.lns.cornell.edu>
> >Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
> >Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 4:37 PM
> >Subject: Re: ATTN JMS: Opinion on Bush's Win?
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> >
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> >> How confused depends a lot on how the ballot is approached.  If you
> >> start with a high level overview of the ballot (as we all are in this
> >> context) it's pretty obvious how it is supposed to work.  However, if
> >> you start by locating a particular entry and then try to work out from
> >> there which hole to punch--as you might in a voting booth--it isn't
> >> nearly as obvious, since you need the big picture to disambiguate
> >> exactly what the arrow means.
> >
> >If you follow from the name to the arrow, horizontally toward the center
and
> >to the punch hole, how can you mess up?
> >
> Actually, quite easily (speaking from experience with those types of
> ballots.)  I knew damn well where I was SUPPOSED to punch, and I could
> see the name I was looking for and the arrow - and it was still
> confusing.
>
> So, I can see the point, even though it sounds like sour grapes.
>
> But the form of the ballot is still technically illegal. If it's
> really challenged, do you think they'll throw out everyone's ballot
> who used that format?  <evil grin>

Well, that would be one solution.  I'm sure the Gore supporters wouldn't go
for that either.

Mac



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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: 10 Nov 2000 00:10:48 -0700
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>> But the form of the ballot is still technically illegal. If it's
>> really challenged, do you think they'll throw out everyone's ballot
>> who used that format?  <evil grin>
>
>Well, that would be one solution.  I'm sure the Gore supporters wouldn't go
>for that either.

Except, of course, that that's exactly what would happen.

And if you're going to speak on behalf of Gore supporters, not being one, I'd
like to see your P5 certification.

 jms

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