Re: Florida votes and statistical errors

[Robert J. MacG. Dawson]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> As you and others have pointed out, the winner of
> Florida can not be determined with any reasonable
> degree of scientific confidence.
> 
> Since we cannot know who has won, the Florida
> Legislature should use their power to honor the
> will of the people by choosing electors that
> proportionally represent the two candidates based
> on the popular vote.
> 
> This solution is both common-sensical and
> constitutional.

        And would result in the Governor's brother
losing the election. Which, as Euclid would say,
is absurd.

                -Robert Dawson


=================================================================
Instructions for joining and leaving this list and remarks about
the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES are available at
                  http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/
=================================================================