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Fwiw Bush v Gore was ruled as a case not to have precedence on anything else. Tiggeroshii Nov 2016 #1
That's the way I remember it too. eom Blanks Nov 2016 #10
Except that lower courts are bound by ALL supreme Court rulings Land Shark Nov 2016 #13
Not to go down the Bush v Gore rabbit hole, but.. yodermon Nov 2016 #15
Agree. I think SCOTUS knew their decision was wrong, and dmr Nov 2016 #27
I heard Steve Breyer say something close to that a year or so later DFW Dec 2016 #52
yeah, it was sureal. nt TheFrenchRazor Nov 2016 #41
largest county population is 947,735 TOTAL, rest are about 20k-40k TOTAL.less than half are voters. Sunlei Nov 2016 #2
3 people? metroins Nov 2016 #26
i think your math is off by a factor of 10. hand counts are totally doable; what do you think TheFrenchRazor Nov 2016 #42
No, it's not SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2016 #44
wow, how did they ever count votes before computers? guess it's impossible. not. nt TheFrenchRazor Dec 2016 #47
I never said it was impossible SickOfTheOnePct Dec 2016 #50
We can easily get numbers needed by summonsing process Land Shark Dec 2016 #54
okay, 50 people or so; i still don't think that adds up to costing $4M. nt TheFrenchRazor Dec 2016 #48
If it doesn't then she'll get money back n/t SickOfTheOnePct Dec 2016 #51
yeah,I did 'exaggerate' a little bit, this was back in the days when I'd do almost any job for cash Sunlei Dec 2016 #53
Didn't Gore ask for the selective recount? Trekologer Nov 2016 #3
The Gore campaign followed Florida election law gratuitous Nov 2016 #5
Stein was not denied a full recount n/t SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2016 #35
Only a full HAND recount. nt. druidity33 Nov 2016 #39
Yep SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2016 #40
The linked article shows Clinton campaign saying full hand count is required. Nt Land Shark Dec 2016 #45
In their opinion that may be true SickOfTheOnePct Dec 2016 #49
I'd add this as evidence that a recount is absolutely needed. Thav Nov 2016 #4
exactly Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #9
If they're this bad with math, we obviously can't trust them to count votes. Nt gollygee Nov 2016 #6
Wow... the shark. Ellipsis Nov 2016 #7
Nice to see ya. ;) Land Shark Nov 2016 #14
My big question is why did it cost over 500,000 to do a crony judge of the Koch's turbinetree Nov 2016 #8
correction jodymarie aimee Nov 2016 #25
Thanks for the correction turbinetree Nov 2016 #29
Add to that, the 5K came from 3 counties, 3 out of 72! anamandujano Nov 2016 #37
Like the saying goes from Apollo 13: Houston we have a problem in wisCONsin turbinetree Nov 2016 #38
It sounds like just a re run through the same possibly hacked machines libtodeath Nov 2016 #11
They will hand coutnt in Dane (Madison) and Portage counties Land Shark Nov 2016 #16
56 Counties are doing hand or partial hand recounts. Ellipsis Nov 2016 #19
So where is the 3.5 million going? libtodeath Nov 2016 #20
How would I know... go find out. Ellipsis Nov 2016 #22
Thanks for the informative discussion libtodeath Nov 2016 #23
Anytime. Ellipsis Nov 2016 #24
Each county submitted an estimate and the state inaccurately tallied the estimates Land Shark Dec 2016 #46
To pay for anything that goes for doing the recount SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2016 #36
our gov't is a rotten-to-the-core joke, that's a fact. nt TheFrenchRazor Nov 2016 #43
Kinda like when they added up the votes. Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2016 #12
Too bad they can't just give us all a number that we can keep private and then put Maraya1969 Nov 2016 #17
Allows vote selling. It likely won't fly for that reason Land Shark Nov 2016 #34
How would it allow vote selling? I was thinking you would get the number right before Maraya1969 Dec 2016 #55
Whenever you confirm your vote in the proper column the vote buyer can confirm also Land Shark Dec 2016 #56
Creating grounds for later appeal? In case they don't like how things turn out, technicality .... Coyotl Nov 2016 #18
Raised again? Holy crap! anamandujano Nov 2016 #21
They want to make sure they don't undercharge her... Bob41213 Nov 2016 #28
I've never been worried about the money. It only bothers me that the path to the recount anamandujano Nov 2016 #30
Yes they will blame Stein for moving goalposts. Land Shark Nov 2016 #33
Steaming pile Lotusflower70 Nov 2016 #31
Yup. My guess is they don't resign but they should. No math skills Land Shark Nov 2016 #32
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