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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-06-04 09:20 PM
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What If...
there was trouble with the electronic voting machines in a strongly Republican area of Florida (or anywhere for that matter). What if the trouble caused ALL the votes to be erased.

What if the estimated number of lost/deleted/erased Republican votes exceeds the number that would have been needed to give Florida's EC votes to Bush.

But... alas, there's no paper trail. Nothing to prove what votes were cast. Sigh.

That's the backstory... my question is... what would the reaction of the Republicans be? Would they THEN support paper trails for recounts or computer failures? Or would they just accept the loss graciously and chalk it up to being an acceptable risk?

-- Allen

Oh, I'm just daydreaming. Don't let this disjointed post worry you too much. :-)
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