In Pinellas County (a Gore stronghold), when the human hands reinserted ballots into the machine for a recount, election officials decided to help things along. Before resubmission, they removed the chads by hand, thus giving Gore an extra 417 votes. If people can do that when they are limited by the machine, think of the opportunities that abound when they needn't bother with the machine. Article Here Rest of Article follows 11/16/00 5:15 p.m. Simply Unconstitutional How hand counting violates due process. By Ronald. D. Rotunda, visiting senior fellow in constitutional studies at the Cato Institute Initially, Vice President ...
