FC: PerpetualElection.com: Supreme Court, uncertainty, coin toss

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

http://www.perpetualelection.com/article.pl?sid=00/11/25/1713203&mode=nested

   Quantum Elections: Politics and Uncertainty
   posted by cicero on Saturday November 25, @12:09PM
   from the difficulty-in-measurement dept.

   David E. Ortman writes in with an essay called "QUANTUM
   ELECTIONS: Otherwise known as IN-decision 2000" Read the complete text
   below.



http://www.perpetualelection.com/article.pl?sid=00/11/25/178220&mode=nested

   Pro-Bush Site Alleges 1,300 Fake Gore Votes
   posted by cicero on Saturday November 25, @12:08PM
   from the what-a-surprise dept.

   dougm writes "This pro-Bush site alleges that 1300 Gore votes
   were "manufactured" in Palm Beach and Pinella counties during the
   machine recount. Altogether, they claim that Bush's victory margin was
   in fact 3279."



http://www.perpetualelection.com/article.pl?sid=00/11/24/2245204&mode=nested

   Nader's Chump Change Solution
   posted by roscoe on Saturday November 25, @04:33AM
   from the cheap-quick-fair dept.

   Ralph Nader proposed an inexpensive solution to the Perpetual
   Election -- the venerable coin toss. According to Nader (see Nov. 22
   Denver Post article), the longer the standoff continues, the more
   ballots will be mishandled and tainted. "It's razor close, and the
   margin of error is bigger than the margin between them," he said.
   "Whoever wins is going to have half the nation against them. It's
   going to leave a bad taste in the American people's mouths." So, with
   all the earnestness that only the nation's original consumer advocate
   can muster, Nader proposes that Al Gore and George W. Bush settle the
   standoff with a coin toss. The event would be televised live across
   the globe with "the biggest audience in world history."



http://www.perpetualelection.com/article.pl?sid=00/11/25/0757208&mode=nested

   U.S. Supreme Court Joins The Fun
   posted by cosmo on Saturday November 25, @02:45AM
   from the supremely-annoying-isn't-it? dept.

   Just when some people thought this Sunday might bring them relief
   from the Perpetual Election, the U.S. Supreme Court has decided to
   step in. Dec. 1 is the date set for the highest court in the land to
   hear Bush's appeal to bar hand-counted ballots. Here's the AP story.



http://www.perpetualelection.com/article.pl?sid=00/11/25/1717228&mode=nested

   Harris Gets Help From Republican Flacks
   posted by cicero on Saturday November 25, @12:14PM
   from the road-to-victory-group dept.

   Katherine Harris is using GOP PR flacks, according to a report on
   washingtongossip.com. It says: "Although Florida Secretary of State
   Katherine Harris denies shes getting direct help from the GOP in the
   presidential vote battle, her press agents are funded by deep
   Republican pockets, The Tallahassee Democrat reports. When the vote
   recount turned into a crisis, the Florida official turned to The
   Victory Group, a Tampa-based Republican media group. The Victory Group
   received nearly $2 million, including media buys, from the Republican
   Party of Florida and Florida Republican candidates in this election
   cycle as of October, according to state campaign finance records, the
   newspaper reported. The consulting firm also worked on New York Mayor
   Rudy Giuliani's short-lived Senate campaign. Ben McKay, Harris chief
   of staff, denied any direct input from the GOP. As the national and
   international media began streaming into Tallahassee, it became clear
   she needed help, McKay said, adding that Harris chose The Victory
   Group because she had worked with its owner, Adam Goodman, during her
   1998 election campaign. "For the first few days, Adam has been giving
   me advice in terms of things, do's and don'ts, and working with the
   international media, and helping to set up the press center," McKay
   told the newspaper. Those consulting sessions included a Sunday
   evening telephone conference call the day before Harris announced she
   would stand firm on her deadline for counties to report their election
   results."




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