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...Republicans are up in arms over this tactic, arguing there is no logical connection between a slight ballot depression and voter intent. What if, they demand, a voter who is pondering his or her choice between Al Gore and George W. Bush rests the stylus on the Democrats' chad for a moment and then decides to forgo the vote altogether? Should that hesitation really be counted as a vote...
...while the ruling was a victory for Al Gore, this is hardly the end of the story. Embedded in the ongoing mathematics of the manual recounts is the sticky issue of the now-famous "dimpled chad." Admittedly, the vocabulary of this morass has reached positively absurd levels. But stick with us here, because it's the concave marks of the dimpled chad that could ultimately decide this prolonged presidential battle...
...Analysts predict that Gore can capture the necessary votes to win Florida only if the dimpled chads are permitted. But even if Gore does take the lead with the help of the dimpled chad, the uncertainty surrounding admissibility leads to a new maze of political and legal possibilities...
...Scenario Two:Gore wins the Florida tally including the "dimpled chad" vote, and Bush contests the outcome in court, claiming there was no "reasonable standard" for the vote count. The governor may have grounds for this argument, since one county views the pregnant chads as votes, while the others are setting aside dimpled ballots for review. If the Bush team can come up with a constitutional claim in their case, they could take their argument to federal court - even the U.S. Supreme Court, again assuming the Justices are interested in hearing the case, which, because it is a state matter...
...Scenario Three:Gore wins, but when the GOP-controlled Florida state legislature meets to appoint their slate of electors, they turn their backs on the count and decry the inclusion of the dimpled ballots as a gross misinterpretation of their own legislation. They ignore the dimpled chad-enhanced vote (remember, the Florida Supreme Court as much as handed them the right to do just that) and appoint their own slate of (Republican) electors. The legislature could also cave to the pressure of a deadlock and appoint two slates of electors, one Democrat and one Republican, and leave...