> > And the popular vote thing: I heard that the nationwide popular vote was
> > closer than the uncounted mail-in ballots in California alone but they
> > didn't count them cause the state was won by Gore by more than the
> > difference in that state. So Gore may have won the California vote but
> Bush
> > 'may' have won the nationwide popular vote. There were other states,
like
> PA
> > grrrrr, where they didn't count mail-in ballots for the same reason.
> >
>
> I watched the popular vote in California for 10 days after the election.
> Gore had the margin in that vote too. IIRC, the figures you cite were
> guesses by Republicans before that vote was counted.
> Speaking of write in ballots, the NY Times pointed out that the
Republicans
> succeeded in rejecting Democratic write in ballots at a far higher rate
than
> Republicans ballots were rejected. For example, military ballots with no
> witnesses and a late postmark were accepted, while non-military ballots
were
> not.
>
> This strategy was coordianted from the Secretary of State's office. What a
> coincidence.
>
> Dan M.
Sorry didn't write that exactly how I meant it. Gore definatly won CA, no
questions about that. But I thought the late write in ballots were never
actually counted so they will always be guesses.
Your second paragraph about the NYT: does that mean they are assuming that
as a class Military ballot are more likely to be Rep while non-Military are
more likely to be Dem; or they actually had the votes registered and THEN a
Rep was able to get the vote thrown out because of it's late post mark? I
would think that overall Military people have a lot better reason for their
mail being postmarked late, so they are justified in having their votes
counted. And I don't mean just because they are in the Military. I mean that
the ballots were marked and sealed long before the due date but because of
handling weren't post-marked until the late date. A Civilian, almost by
definition, has more freedom and more chances to get their mail sent and
postmarked by the correct date. It's not like they are on a submarine for 6
months. These are all Generalizations on my part.
What Sec of State office?
Kevin Tarr
Trump high, lead low
GSV De-ja vu?
