IP: Counting away (after a while)

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> Reply-To: <jdp () newmath UCR EDU>
> From: "John de Pillis" <jdp () newmath UCR EDU>
> To: "Farber, Dave" <farber () cis upenn edu>
>
>
> Hi Dave,
>
> Now that the Supreme Court has forbidden
> ballot counting, IPers may be interested
> in adding their voice to encourage the
> Miami Herald to conduct, not only a ballot count,
> but an ITEMIZED ballot count in Florida, once the dust settles.
>
> I attach my original letter to Mr. Alberto Ibarguen(*)
> Publisher and Chairman of the Herald, in which an itemized
> count is requested.
>
> His tentatively positive response is also attached
> for IPers' information .
> Alberto Ibarguen e-mail = aibarguen () herald com
>
> Thanks, Dave.
>
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> ============[ letter to Miami Herald from John de Pillis ]=====
>
>                                 -----Original Message-----
> From:   deP [mailto:jdp () newmath UCR EDU]
> Sent:   Sunday, December 10, 2000 3:02 PM
> To:     Ibarguen, Alberto
> Subject:        a post-election suggestion on how to produce AGREEMENT
>
> PURPOSE of this LETTER:
> =======================
> In order to produce a sense of FAIR PLAY among ALL
> parties concerned, and to avoid bickering
> about the Herald's supposed biases, may I suggest
> a manner of tabulation when you publish the
> results of      your post-debacle ballot count?
>
> WHAT "MANNER" is THAT?
> ======================
> No one can claim objectivity and fair play
> are compromised IF your punch-card readings are
> tabulated according to ALL recognized chad categories,
> e.g.,
>                     Bush         Gore
> full-hole punch      x             x
> 3-corner             x             x
> 2-corner             x             x
> pregnant             x             x
> hanging              x             x
> etc. (whatever is necessary)
> That is, do NOT just list "good" cards and "bad" cards --- that
> would be a listing of your OPINION .  This will only rekindle the
> firestorms of protest.  An all-inclusive
> listing, as suggested,  will not.
>
> THE RESULT?
> ===========
> If ALL categories are listed, fairness will be served.
>
> Also, I would bet (sure, this is my guess) that the same
> winner will result regardless of how the chads are classified.
>
> It would be interesting to test this mathematician's guess.
> Thank you,
> John de Pillis
> ===================================
>   John de Pillis
>    Professor of Mathematics
>    University of California
>    Riverside, CA  92521
>      tel:  909-789-0978
>      fax   909-789-8886
>
> ===[ reply from Miami Herald ]==============
> From: Ibarguen, Alberto [mailto:AIbarguen () herald com]
> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 9:26 PM
> To: 'deP'
> Cc: Baron, Martin; Seibel, Mark (Miami)
> Subject: RE: a post-election suggestion on how to produce AGREEMENT
>
> Interesting.  I'm going to share it with the editors.
>
> As to "the Heralds' supposed biases," I assume you know that
> for every article, we get "bias" claims from both sides of any issue as
> hotly contested and passionately argued as this one.
>
> Thanks.
> Alberto Ibargüen
> =========[ E N D ]========================================



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