On Wed, 8 Nov 2000, John D. Giorgis wrote:
> Suffice to say, this recount is getting very interesting. If Bush cannot
> get to a 3,000 vote margin, the result should be questioned. NBC News
> reports that the Gore camp has already contacted the most high profile law
> firm in the State to "explore" a legal challenge. Many other
> miscellaneous challenges are also abounding.
> In my humble opinion, even with the evidence from West Palm Beach, a
> revote would be disastrous for the country, and should be absolutely
> out of the question. The West Palm Beach vote is a mistake, but I
> don't know what can be done in the best interest of democracy.
I think a do-over in that county is probably the best option. Far
from ideal, but I don't think there is anything ideal that we can do.
As I've commented before today, if this sort of thing happened in a
Third World election that we were monitoring, there'd be little
question that we'd ask for it to be done over. I don't think there's
deliberate fraud in this case, but I *do* think it's a mistake and
that people's votes were wrongly recorded, and that's serious enough
that especially when it can determine the whole outcome it should be
corrected.
And, John, though we agree on very little politically, I must say I
respect you tremendously for saying that you see this as a serious
problem. I'm sure that's a lot more than Jeb Bush will do.
--
Andrea Leistra [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"If you can keep your head while all those about you are
losing theirs, perhaps you have misunderstood the situation."
-- Daniel Keys Moran, _The Long Run_
