David Hardman wrote:
>
> Let's face it folks: IT'S A DRAW!
> Seriously, one can't help but think that the voting system
> should have some built in 'error' factor, within which a
> result really is declared a draw. We now have a situation
> where the election of the most powerful man in the world
> will be determined by (a) a bunch of people who couldn't
> figure out how to vote correctly, and (b) a bunch of voting
> slips where it's ambiguous whether the hole got punched
> properly.
>
If it's a draw, one *MIGHT* argue that it doesn't matter who wins,
so it might as well be by coin flip, hand of poker, road race, or
ambiguous voting slips, It would be nice if the "random device"
were candidate neutral.
The best solution would be to follow the protocol as best we can,
and when we've done the best we can, that's the answer. I
understand the Supreme Court of Florida has been asked to make a
final decision on what the protocol specifies.
FWIW, I'm not convinced this one's a draw. Ask me after the
absentee votes are counted.
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