From: Spike Jones (spike66@ibm.net)
Date: Thu Nov 09 2000 - 20:59:26 MST
"S.J. Van Sickle" wrote:
> Actually (though I don't know the specifics) I don't see why it would be
> illegal to sell the ballot. Trying to use it would be outragously
> illegal, and probably impossible, but the ballot itself is just a piece of
> paper. A piece of paper that may have a growing value among document
> collectors...given the current situation. If I had one, I'd wait till
> after the dust settles to sell it.
Holy schlaMOLY yes! Youve pointed out a tremendous danger
to this country: with the latest results of the recount indicating that
the vote is within 229 votes, the pressure to cheat is irrestistible
for some. BTW, where do you suppose all those extra votes
actually came from?
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2000/results/FL/frameset.exclude.html
This is an interesting site. Shows that the disputed county, Palm Beach,
which is 2/3 Democrat, was the county that showed up on recount with
751 extra algore votes, as opposed to 108 additional for shrub. Isnt
that interesting? With the delta at 229, who could blame those
poor servicemen from selling their unused absentee ballots for say,
1000 bucks a pop, where an agent would take them to Mexico,
get them postmarked 6 November, for a modest fee, and so buy
the US presidential election for a song? This situation is so ripe
for corruption, I dont know what to say about it. spike
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