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...prepared to order revotes and recounts in Democratic counties of Florida until the numbers come out right. Yes, there were 19,000 double-punched ballots in Democratic Palm Beach. But there were many times that many spoiled ballots statewide. Are we now going to settle elections based on the intent of the voter rather than his action? What next? Follow every election with voter interviews to determine how many wish to repunch their ballots...
...George W. Bush) had been discarded due to bureaucratic fine print, protests erupted around the country. The outrage was fueled on two fronts. First, the procedural question: How, many dissidents demanded, could Florida Democrats demand such unerring precision from military personnel while simultaneously insisting they could infer the "intent" of a largely Democratic constituency just by staring intently at "pregnant" chads? Second, a sense of enraged patriotism: Congressional Republicans were up in arms over the Democrats' move to block the ballots, threatening everything from an inaugural boycott to a Capitol Hill stalemate if the obstruction led to a Gore presidency...
...Make a start. The intent would not be punitive but, rather, therapeutic and resuscitative. The body politic has grown unwholesome - stale with egos that have overstayed. Time to prune the fruit tree and hope for new shoots...
...noted in my previous order, Florida law grants to the Secretary, as the chief elections officer, broad discretionary authority to accept or reject late filed returns. The purpose and intent of my order was to ensure that she in fact properly exercised her discretion rather than automatically reject returns that came in after the statutory deadline...
...counted. Their notion is, You've got to earn that franchise by at least following instructions. The Democrats response is, the thought should be the father to the deed and if we have to read voters's minds, so be it. That's what Democrats mean by "the intent of the people...