Precedent against recount

Nelson v. Robinson, 301 So.2d 508, Fla. Ct. App.
2d Dist., 1974, as quoted by
<a href=http://www.nationalreview.com/kopel/kopel110900.shtml target=new>http://www.nationalreview.com/kopel/kopel110900.shtml</a>

"Keeping in mind that we are talking about a claim made
after an election, and not one which may have been
enforceable before, if a candidate appears on the ballot in
such a position that he can be found by the voters
upon a responsible study of the ballot, then such
voters have been afforded a full, free and open
opportunity to make their choice for or against that
particular candidate; and the candidate himself has no
constitutional right to a particular spot on the ballot which
might make the voters' choice easier. His
constitutional rights in the matter end when his name is placed
on the ballot. Thereafter, the right is in the
voters to have a fair and reasonable opportunity to find
it; and as to this, it has been observed that the
constitution intended that a voter search for the name of the
candidate of his choice and to express his of the candidate
of his choice without regard to others on the
ballot. Furthermore, it assumes his ability to read and
his intelligence to indicate his choice with the
degree of care commensurate with the solemnity of the
occasion."

Based on how I read this, I do think people who screwed
up their ballots showed that degree of care.

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