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From: pauls at utdallas.edu (Paul Schmehl) Subject: University Researchers Challenge Bush Win In Florida --On Wednesday, November 24, 2004 01:28:07 PM -0500 Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu wrote: > > So when Jeb Bush, Governor of Florida, appoints a State Commissioner of > Elections, and drops a hint or two, there's NO way for said Commissioner > to make sure that things happen the way Jeb's brother wants them to > happen? > Did you not watch the mess in 2000? The *counties* decided how their ballot would be constructed and how the elections would be run. Now how is Jeb Bush and/or his Commissioner going to influence *Democratic* counties run by *Democrats*? Simple answer is, he *isn't*. > Simply issuing an edict that candidates shall be listed alphabetically > (and leaving the rest to the slight "first candidate listed" bias) would > suffice unless the Democrats fielded somebody who's name started with > 'A'.... > Except that state law *explicitly* places that responsibility in the hands of the county election board for *that very reason*. > Might want to study up a bit - political machines from Boss Tweed to > Richard Daley have had absolutely *no* problems in getting the ballot > to go the way they wanted.... Yes, *before* electronic balloting. Paul Schmehl (pauls@...allas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu
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