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NeverAgain
Junior Chimp
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« on: January 08, 2016, 10:56:37 PM »

In a tie in electoral college in 1800, 1824, 1876, it went to House.  If it is a state tie, it goes to state Supreme Crt, but in 2000, OConnor who interjected, wrongly she said late it went to SCOTUS.

It's a good thing no one tied in 2000.
Well, we'll never know. They stopped counting...
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NeverAgain
Junior Chimp
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« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2016, 11:01:49 PM »

The race was a statistical tie, and another recount from scratch could just as likely to swing the race back as to keep the official recount result. The effect of the court picking the count that it did was effectively a coin flip from a statistician's viewpoint.

If that is indeed what would have happened every time it was recounted, then a literal coin flip doesn't sound like such a bad idea. After all, if it's a statistical tie like that, why should Bush win the state if it could also go to Gore upon a recount? If it is so close that they can't really figure out who won due to bad voting records, then a random way of picking the winner sounds better than a conservative Supreme Court majority picking the conservative candidate as the winner.

The state never went to Gore nor should it have.  Bush won the state and the left couldn't stand the fact they lost.  It was a simple matter of being sore losers and here you are 16 years later over thinking yourself and taking time off of your life thanks to the CEO's of your party.  A random way of picking a winner is better than your right to vote you're saying?  You don't believe in freedoms do you?  Or is it any rules applicable in order to make sure your party wins because you've been taught to think your life will be easier?
Personally, I support states rights on states matters. This was a state matter, and the State Court voted  to continue the recount, but it became a Supreme Court decision, and then they stopped counting with many votes not counted.
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