Kristin said: <<PS. As regards the Florida situation -- I think it's obvious that there was a problem with the Palm Beach ballot; MSNBC showed how the ballot looked once it was put in the voting machine, and it was almost impossible to tell which arrow lined up with which hole. And they've had so many interviews with people who are just horrified that they inadvertantly voted for Pat Buchanan. That just isn't right, and since it does make a difference -- Bush currently leads Gore by less than 800 votes! -- I think that county should get to vote again. >> Except for that puts that county at a distinct advantage. They already know the essential results of the election on a national scale. Their vote would actually count more than a regular vote, which, while it shouldn't matter, makes a revote inherently unfair. My argument, and the standing argument of the social studies department I work in is simple, the election is over, all that remains is the counting. And lest we forget, a bi-partisan commission approved that ballot, a ballot that has been used for 20 years without issue. If you can't figure out the ballot machine, that is your problem, not America's. The ballot had been in the local paper, so it wasn't a surprise. That's my two cents, take it for what it's worth.
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