At 04:43 PM 11/16/00 EST, Dolphin wrote:
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What I find rediculous is that they are willing to award *all* the state
votes based on a difference of only 300 or so votes out of over 6 Million
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So, what would be an acceptable difference? 301? 1,000? 3,000?
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with the voting process itself having such a huge margin of error (2.9%!? I
never thought the margin of error would be *that* high).
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That is not the margin of error. That is merely the percentage of blank or
spoiled ballots. It is not uncommon for voters to leave a ballot blank,
or to spoil it, as a way of protesting the system. Moreover, that
percentage does not include ballot fraud, which should be a part of any
margin of error.
>>>>
The *only* fair
solution would be to split the electoral votes, either down the middle or by
district.
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And what standard should be used for awarding a vote by a district? What
if a district only has a winner by 300 votes out of 6 million? What if a
district has a margin of only one vote?
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That would be the only fair solution for *any* state with a
leading margin smaller than the margin of error. Oh well, we really
shouldn't expect fairness in politics, especially with New Mexico's
rediculous laws (in the event of a perfect tie, the votes are awarded based
on a game of chance... they don't split the votes in reflection of the will
of the people, they flip a coin!).
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Actually, the play a game of poker - five card stud. And why isn't this
the will of the people Michael? I am not aware of a single person who
split the ballot for President down the middle for Gore and Bush.
Instead, most Americans were *solidly* in favor of one or the other. All
New Mexico's procedure says is that it is unknown what the will of a
plurality of the voters is. Thus, a game of random chance is as likely as
not to determine the "true" the will of the plurality of New Mexico's
voters.
JDG
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