Computer Voting Expert, Dr. Rebecca Mercuri, Ousted From Elections Conference

[Harmon Seaver]

   Here's another one. 


On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 12:20:30PM -0700, Steve Schear wrote:
> At 09:46 2003-08-06 -0700, Tim May wrote:
> I was intensely opposed to the gibberish about how the Republicans "stole" 
> the Florida vote, for multiple reasons. First, the Dems wanted to change 
> the rules after the outcome went against them...they wanted "hanging chads" 
> counted in their favor (ultimately, of course, this wouldn't have even 
> swayed the outcome, as careful studies by newspapers showed). Second, they 
> wanted the Elections Commission to somehow adjust the outcome based on exit 
> interviews with little old Jewish ladies who claimed they wanted to vote 
> for Algore but who actually voted for Pat Buchanan or Jeffery Dahmer or 
> whomever it was that was opposite Chad Gore on the ballot (note that 
> Democrats designed the ballot). Third, they wanted only precincts known to 
> be leaning toward Chad Gore recounted from scratch. (I would have _opposed_ 
> a statewide recount on general common sense and legal grounds, too, but for 
> sure I was aghast at the proposal to only recount selected precincts: 
> "We'll keep recounting until the outcome fluctuates in our favor!")
> 
> This was certainly a farce, but the decision by the SC to intervene was 
> worse.  The matter should have been thrown into the House of Representative 
> where the Constitution has provisions for its resolution (or lack thereof).
> 
> steve
> 
> 
> "Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders 
> itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide."  John 
> Adams

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