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LIES, DISTORTIONS, MISREPRESENTATIONS, CONTRADICTIONS, WHOPPERS and HYPOCRISIES
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BUSH CAMPAIGN HAS DOUBTS ABOUT MANUAL RECOUNTS
JAMES BAKER CLAIMED: James Baker III, representing the Bush campaign in the recount controversy in Florida, said Saturday that manual recounts -- such as those being conducted in Palm Beach County -- were less accurate than machine recounts and more subject to ``potential mischief.'' See AP Story.
THE TRUTH: See AP Story. In 1997 G W. Bush signed into law in Texas a statute asserting that hand counts are preferable to other methods of recounting election ballots. See Official State of Texas Website, Statutes: 75(R) HB 331. Also, six (mostly republican) counties have performed unauthorized, unrequested manual recounts, increasing Bush's margin, including Seminole County, which netted GW an additional 97 votes. Republican Party Vice-Chairman Jim Stelling claimed that having taken the time to do a full manual recount, "It gives more integrity to our ballots than any other county in the state of Florida." See Sentinel Report, even though it caused them to exceed the Secretary of State's 5 p.m. deadline for submitting the results of their MACHINE recount. This was one deadline she was obviously willing to waive.
Texas Manual Recount Law Governor George W. Bush Signed into Law, June, 1997
among multiple requests for a recount of electronic voting system results, only one method may be used in the recount. A manual recount shall be conducted in preference to an electronic recount and an electronic recount using a corrected program shall be conducted in preference to an electronic recount using the same program as the original count.
Texas Election Law for the Counting of Punch Card Ballots and Chads
a vote on a ballot on which a voter indicates a vote by punching a hole in the ballot may not be counted unless:
(1) at least two corners of the chad are detached;
(2) light is visible through the hole;
(3) an indentation on the chad from the stylus or other object is present and indicates a clearly ascertainable intent of the voter to vote; or
(4)the chad reflects by other means a clearly ascertainable intent of the voter to vote.
(e) Subsection (d) does not supersede any clearly ascertainable intent of the voter.
REVOTES REQUIRE FRAUD
JAMES BAKER CLAIMED: There is no legal precedent to have a revote in cases where the mistakes that adversely affected the results were unintentional.
THE TRUTH: The Florida Supreme Court ruled in 1998, in connection with a disputed Miami election, that if there is "substantial noncompliance" with election laws and a "reasonable doubt" about whether election results "expressed the will of the voters" then a judge must "void the contested election, even in the absence of fraud or intentional wrongdoing." See WSJ
VOTER NEWS SERVICE DOESN'T "CALL" STATES,
JUST GIVES RAW DATA
MONKEY MAILER CLAIMS: I don't believe VNS [Voter News Service] calls any states... From what I understand, they simply give the data to the networks who then make the call.
THE TRUTH: VNS gives raw data AND PROJECTIONS to its client networks. VNS never called Florida for Bush, his COUSIN did, though: "With all but about 4 percent of Florida's precincts reporting, W. was leading the Veep by around 30,000 votes, though the Voter News Service exit-poll consortium insisted Florida was too close to call, and the precincts still out were largely Democratic. So John Ellis -- who since has acknowledged that he was on the phone during the night with both W. and his brother, Jeb -- took matters into his own hands and called it for his cuz." See LA Weekly. Ellis called the state for his brother at 2:16 a.m., ironically, after he had been on the phone all day with George and Jeb feeding them confidential and embargoed VNS data. When asked about the second call, calling Florida for Bush after it had been called for Gore, "Warren Mitofsky, the first director of VNS who worked Election Night for CBS and CNN, reacted with disbelief when the VNS statement was read to him over the telephone. 'VNS is confused,' he said. 'They did not make the second call. They have nothing to withdraw.'" See: The Washington Post "Bad Call In Florida". See Salon, "Fox Guarding the Henhouse". See NY Times, Fox News Exec Eyed in Coverage,120)
NIXON DIDN'T PURSUE LEGAL ACTION AFTER HIS 1960 LOSS
BOB DOLE AND JAMES BAKER CLAIMED: Richard Nixon, a Republican, conceded defeat in a close presidential race in 1960 rather than appeal close results. See ABC NEWS.
THE TRUTH: Although they concealed this fact from the American people, Nixon and his surrogates instituted legal action, and demanded recounts. In fact, their demand for a recount in Hawaii (where he had been projected the winner) caused him to lose those electoral votes to John Kennedy. The Chicago/Daley investigation was never seriously pursued because of GOP awareness of their own election tampering. See Anthony Lewis Report. See Salon report. See also It's a Myth That Nixon Acquiesced in 1960.
NEXT: MONKEY MAIL: COMMIE FLAG SUPREME?
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