CDR: Re: A successful lawsuit means Gore wins!

[Jim Choate]

On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, Declan McCullagh wrote:

> It would be simpler, and probably fairer (in a general sense) to discard
> those ballots that are suspect. Elections such as this should not be
> re-run.

That's in infaction of the voters civil liberty. To throw away a vote
because the groups managing the election screwed up is the wrong answer.
 
> Take it down to its most general form. Gore and Bush are tied. My
> ballot was mangled during processing and is unreadable; I successfully
> sue for a rerun of the election, just for my ballot alone.  Is this a
> good thing?

As a citizen you have a RIGHT to have a counted vote, convenience with
respect to the organizers isn't an issue.

This, "it's hard, or inconvenient, or it's expensive, so let's don't do
it" is bullshit socialism when it comes to the rights of citizens, even
individual ones.

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