If people were confused by the ballor, then redo the vote. The franchise is
more important than the candidate to the vision of the constitution. It should
be no big deal to redo Palm Beach and it's county--it's not the whole nation
after all. If even Pat Buchanan says those weren't his votes, then. . . .
Plus, with brother Jeb Bush being gov of the state, my cynical heart is, let us
say, suspicious.
Wizard Marks, Central
Mark Trehus wrote:
> Too much is at stake here NOT to repoll anyone confused by the "butterfly
> ballot," if not the whole damn state! Gore has won the popular vote and
> (without Fla.) the majority of the remaining electoral college votes. It
> would be a damn shame if George W. Bush got into office because people
> accidentally voted for someone other than the person they wanted. As an
> anti-Bush person (I voted for Nader, but am all for the lesser of two evils
> at this point), I would be pissed if the shoe were on the other foot, and
> (hypothetically) Bush votes had erroneously gone to Nader, but I would
> expect nothing less than the voice of the people to prevail. Isn't that, in
> essence, what a democracy is about?
>
> Mark Trehus, Oar Folkjokeopus
