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Recorded Jan, 2000
Election 2001
(opinion)
There were over six million legitimate voters in Florida. If one in ten
thousand votes was miscounted, then the error would be greater than the
difference in the election. The fact is, there is no chance that we are
going to distinguish the "true" winner, since there is no way to count
votes that accurately. Neither the machines, nor hand counts could do better
than a "0.01" percent error. So, since there is no clear choice, go with
the one that luckily got the numbers and move on.
More importantly, great damage was done to the Judicial system. A higher
court needs to have clear and unquestionable reason to over turn the ruling
of a lower court. If not, why have the lower courts? In this case the Florida
supreme court had no place changing the judgment of the Florida trial judge,
nor did the US Supreme Court have any place stepping in. I read all the
cases, and believe that there was never any evidence presented that would
support any of these higher courts stepping in.
In specific, while there was credible statistical evidence that recounts
in certain select voting regions in Florida might change the election outcome,
there was no statistical evidence that a recount in all regions of Florida
would change the election. Thus the original trial judge ruling was
correct, and the whole deal should have stopped there when the Florida
Supreme court should have upheld the lower court ruling.
Best opinion: Florida
Supreme Court Screws Up; read page 64 on
Best news: a
triumphant Bush or Gore told throngs of ...
Best quote:
John Allen Paulos, Temple University:
The margin of error in this election is far greater than the margin
of victory, no matter who wins.
The final word:
The election is a tie, so let’s get on with it - St.
Petersburg Times, Dec. 3, 2000, at 3D.
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