Re: CHAT (POLITICS!!!): Putting the duh in Florida

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> Personally, I doubt we'll ever know who genuinely won.  I mean, if the
> machines had even a .05% margin of error, that would translate into a
> 3000-vote margin, and no one's ever done any studies to figure out how
> accurate the machines are.
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It seems to me that a major overhaul of the election process is in order.
I mean, whichever party you support, this election is a debacle. After
200+ years of practice, we can't count votes accurately?


This is slightly changing the subject, but what effect do you think the near
universal news coverage and infamous "predictions" ("Bush is President!!!
Wait, no he's not...") about election results might have on the election process?
IMHO, there should be no news coverage of an election until *after* the polls have
closed everywhere.  That is, until Hawaii (IMS, the westernmost state) has voted
there shouldn't be any mention of who might have won this or that state.


Andy

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