"John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>At what point do we say that more recounts are pointless? There has to be
>an end, and at some point there has to be a loser. As it >is, we have laws
>for that, which ensure an outcome to our elections.
We do indeed have laws, and conflicting interpretations of the laws given by
the two top people in Florida charged with interpreting those laws for the
state of Florida.
And, of course we have a great deal of experinece in handling very close
elections. AFAIK, the standard procedures, when machines like these are
used, is to do a hand count if the machine count is very close. I've seen
numerous examples of this being done. For all the retoric by Baker, I have
not heard him give one single example of a sustained refusal to do a hand
count in this close of an election.
My personal guess is that he doesn't cite previous cases because SOP would
be to hand count. Instead he referrs to a nonexistant restlessness in the
American people to finish the process. IMHO, the restlessness is in the
Bush camp to finish things up before the person that got the most votes has
a chance to get elected.
Dan'm Traeki Ring of Crystallized Knowledge.
Known for calculating, but not known for shutting up
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