What difference does is make who the votes were *meant* for?
You cannot win a lotto jackpot if you *meant* to choose the right numbers
but didn't.
A student taking the SAT does not get credit for a question for which he
knew the correct answer but filled in two ovals by mistake.
Similarly, Florida election law is not concerned with the intentions of the
voter, but which which holes are actually punched. If a voter punches the
holes for both Gore and Buchanan, it's not a vote for Gore -- it's an
invalid ballot and doesn't count toward either candidate.
Fair or not, it's the law in all 50 states. And laws are not meant to be
broken just because of the "my candidate didn't win" mentality.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph B. Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 19:55
Subject: [USMA:9277] Re: US metric and integers
> This is an off-subject question for Bill Hooper. I was under the
> impression that the Palm Beech count found 19 000 ballots punched for both
> Buchanon AND Gore. I haven't read what has happened to them? My
deduction
> is that those were meant to be votes for Gore.
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