ATTN JMS: Opinion on Bush's Win?

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From: Claudia Mastroianni <cmastr at fas.harvard.edu>
Date: 9 Nov 2000 23:37:54 -0700
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Mac Breck <macbreck at access995.com> wrote:
: So what do they do now?  Florida can't hold another vote.  The people of
: Florida would now have knowledge that they didn't have before.  That would
: artificially influence the turnout numbers.  Without changing the ballot,
: who's to say some people still won't make the mistake?

The object isn't to have a controlled scientific experiment, the object
is to have a fair election, a vote in which every voter who wishes to
vote can have their vote counted.

: However, this same county has done this in the past, and the votes were not
: counted then either.  Why start now?  Just to get Gore elected.  When do you
: break the rules, and when don't you?

Because then it didn't affect the outcome.

Claudia
-- 
  "Those of you... familiar with my now classic renditions of 
  'Mr. Tambourine Man' and 'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds' can attest to
   the improbable nature of that idea."     -- William Shatner, 
                      on the persistent rumor of "Star Trek:  The Musical"


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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: 10 Nov 2000 00:11:39 -0700
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>: However, this same county has done this in the past, and the votes were not
>: counted then either.  Why start now?  Just to get Gore elected.  When do
>you
>: break the rules, and when don't you?
>
>Because then it didn't affect the outcome.
>

Not to mention that nobody KNEW about it until now.

 jms

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