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#not more than that -- the butterfly ballots gave 3K erroneous votes to
#Buchanan, and  took (probably) much of the 19K from Gore's total
#because Bush's name was in the luckier position on the ballot.
#(Florida state law favors those who are alphabetically privileged.)

No, the governor's party goes at the top of the ballot in Florida. It's 
not an alphabetical thing. Floriday state law favors candidates whose 
brothers happen to be the governor :-)

Bill

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