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troysvihl · 11-27-2000, 10:24 AM

>>What's wrong with counting all the votes when the current margin is only 537 out of almost 6 million?<<

The votes have been counted twice already. With 6 million votes, you're going to get a different number each time you count and given the small lead Bush has, it's quite possible that one count will give a lead to Gore. If Gore had won by a few hundred after the first count, he would be fighting a recount too.

So, lets say that this third count gives Gore an edge of 100 votes, would Gore then suggest a fourth recount b/c it was so close? I doubt it. He'd start screaming that he was the legitimate winner, so there is no need for another recount, just like Bush.

11-27-2000, 10:24 AM	#10
troysvihl Member (11 bit) Join Date: Nov 1999 Posts: 1,606	>>What's wrong with counting all the votes when the current margin is only 537 out of almost 6 million?<< The votes have been counted twice already. With 6 million votes, you're going to get a different number each time you count and given the small lead Bush has, it's quite possible that one count will give a lead to Gore. If Gore had won by a few hundred after the first count, he would be fighting a recount too. So, lets say that this third count gives Gore an edge of 100 votes, would Gore then suggest a fourth recount b/c it was so close? I doubt it. He'd start screaming that he was the legitimate winner, so there is no need for another recount, just like Bush.