[aruanan]

Under any standard that counted all disputed votes in Florida, Gore erased Bush's advantage and emerged with a tiny lead that ranged from 42 to 171 votes.

This is simply untrue on the face of it. No standard that counted non-votes as votes would have been legal under Florida law. Florida law is specific on what constitutes a valid vote. People are told in the booth what constitutes a vote and to choose accordingly. If they void their ballot, then it's an invalid ballot. Period. There is no recourse. One punch for each office per ballot and the punch has to be clean, with the chad entirely removed. Anything less is a non-vote. That people go on and on to moan about voter intent simply shows the degree to which they're out of touch with reality.

[deport]

Gore's latest adventures...........

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[The Raven]

Right - if they want to count "non-votes" maybe they can figure out the votes in the Central time zone (panhandle) not cast because of media errors in calling the state for Gore too early.