Re: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-29 Thread dana tierney
should have asked for a statewide recount Sounds like you agree with me on that? Dana - Original Message - From: Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 21:52:31 -0400 Subject: RE: Electoral College/DNC To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> You are correct, I was

RE: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread Nick McClure
tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 9:29 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Electoral College/DNC On the statute...thank you. But doesnt this "entire geographic jurisdiction" language apply to local elections? Actually, though, it doesn't matter, because that

Re: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread dana tierney
ion of the current language at some point too. Dana - Original Message - From: Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 21:12:46 -0400 Subject: RE: Electoral College/DNC To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OK, here is the state law: http://makeashorterlink.com/?K

RE: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread Nick McClure
better chance to get more votes.   _   From: dana tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 7:49 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Electoral College/DNC interesting. I have never seen this interpretation. You sure about that part about the partial recount not being allowed

Re: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread Doug White
Message -   From: dana tierney   To: CF-Community   Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 6:38 PM   Subject: Re: Electoral College/DNC   hehe.   I have often said that South San Antonio might was well be in Mexico   :) LOL. For those unfamiliar, that's about what, 175 miles long and 30   miles

Re: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread dana tierney
Jul 2004 19:39:34 -0400 Subject: RE: Electoral College/DNC To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> When the ballot is not clear you are allowing the ballot to be interpreted by people who may have an agenda. The laws in the state of Florida only allow for a full statewide recount, Gore didn

Re: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread dana tierney
hehe :) - Original Message - From: Doug White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 18:40:59 -0500 Subject: Re: Electoral College/DNC To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I am sure he thinks so as well. :-)   - Original Message -   From: dana tierney   he

Re: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread Doug White
I am sure he thinks so as well. :-)   - Original Message -   From: dana tierney   he should have asked for a statewide recount. I agree. I think :)   Dana [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]

Re: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread dana tierney
dont realize, Beaumont is an old Louisiana-type town in the far SE of the state. Amarillo is in the northwest in the panhandle and and is cattle country. Dana - Original Message - From: Doug White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 18:29:10 -0500 Subject: Re: Electoral College

RE: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread Nick McClure
s then the Electors for Governor Bush would have been   _   From: dana tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 5:49 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Electoral College/DNC All of the votes were not counted. If Democrats caused votes to not be counted, that is wrong. If R

Re: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread Doug White
the Band Plays on. We will probably see more of this in November if the election is close.   - Original Message -   From: dana tierney   To: CF-Community   Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 6:14 PM   Subject: Re: Electoral College/DNC   I remember the Texas gerrymandering :) weren't

Re: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread dana tierney
he should have asked for a statewide recount. I agree. I think :) Dana - Original Message - From: Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 19:22:57 -0400 Subject: RE: Electoral College/DNC To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Simple, when the standards for

RE: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread Nick McClure
thus the intent of the voters would not be judged equally.   _   From: dana tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 4:20 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Electoral College/DNC how can the intent of the voter not be constitutional? As I recall there was an issue about

Re: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread dana tierney
aud? Dana - Original Message - From: Doug White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 17:20:12 -0500 Subject: Re: Electoral College/DNC To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This year the gerrymandering took place in Texas and Colorado - spearheaded by Representative Ton DeLay, R

Re: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread Doug White
This year the gerrymandering took place in Texas and Colorado - spearheaded by Representative Ton DeLay, R-TX There is a battle going on already on voter fraud in one of the few remaining Democratic districts. I believe we will see much more to come soon.   - Original Message -   From:

Re: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread dana tierney
-0500 Subject: RE: Electoral College/DNC To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Nah, I've never heard of a clean campaign. No, I mean actually managing the voting properly.  Not busing in students from out of state, no multiple voting, no extending polling times when it looked like

RE: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread Andy Ousterhout
munity   Subject: Re: Electoral College/DNC   I remember something similar about military votes. Let's assume you   are right and that those votes were Republican, just for the sake of   the argument. It doesn't matter. The issue with Florida as I see it is   this:   All of the votes wer

RE: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread Andy Ousterhout
Andy   -Original Message-   From: dana tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]   Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 4:40 PM   To: CF-Community   Subject: Re: Electoral College/DNC    you mean in terms of a clean campaign? Probably not; it's a big   country. But what does that have to do with whether

Re: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread dana tierney
From: Andy Ousterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 15:46:28 -0500 Subject: RE: Electoral College/DNC To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ok, wrong term(damn, I am suffering from Bush-idis).  How about "funny business".  I believe that one or more of the democraticall

Re: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread dana tierney
ednesday, July 28, 2004 2:52 PM   To: CF-Community   Subject: RE: Electoral College/DNC   Good to tangle with you again   Question:  Did the democrats across run a lily clean election?  Or, just focus   on Florida.  Wasn't there something about Military ballets, for example.   Andy    

Re: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread Sam Morris
Republicans in power down there? Not in the districts that had the problems. > > Dana > > > - Original Message - > From: Andy Ousterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 14:52:28 -0500 > Subject: RE: Electoral College/DNC > To: CF

RE: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread Andy Ousterhout
Wednesday, July 28, 2004 3:17 PM   To: CF-Community   Subject: Re: Electoral College/DNC   There was something about military ballots. I'd have to look it up,   but there was something. However, aren't you assuming that those votes   would have been republican? And uh... correct me i

Re: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread dana tierney
ida court > to review, it found that their reason for allowing the recounts was not > Constitutional and that they must issue a ruling that satisfied the > constitution. > > > >   _   > > From: dana tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 200

RE: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread Andy Ousterhout
: Electoral College/DNC   Good to tangle with you again   Question:  Did the democrats across run a lily clean election?  Or, just focus   on Florida.  Wasn't there something about Military ballets, for example.   Andy     -Original Message-     From: dana tierney [mailto:[

Re: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread dana tierney
licans in power down there? Dana - Original Message - From: Andy Ousterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 14:52:28 -0500 Subject: RE: Electoral College/DNC To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Good to tangle with you again Question:  Did the democrats across run

Re: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread Sam Morris
Message - > From: Sam Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 06:52:28 -0700 (PDT) > Subject: RE: Electoral College/DNC > To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > --- Sandy Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >   > > Didn't

RE: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread Andy Ousterhout
ly 28, 2004 2:27 PM   To: CF-Community   Subject: Re: Electoral College/DNC   stop the gerrymandering?   - Original Message -   From: Andy Ousterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>   Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 09:32:54 -0500   Subject: RE: Electoral College/DNC   To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTE

RE: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread Nick McClure
not Constitutional and that they must issue a ruling that satisfied the constitution.   _   From: dana tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 3:25 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Electoral College/DNC Negative. Florida law, already established in a previous

Re: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread dana tierney
stop the gerrymandering? - Original Message - From: Andy Ousterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 09:32:54 -0500 Subject: RE: Electoral College/DNC To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I am confused.  I didn't realize that the Supreme Court changed th

Re: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread dana tierney
t;[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 06:52:28 -0700 (PDT) Subject: RE: Electoral College/DNC To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Sandy Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >   > Didn't the Supreme Court give Bush the 2000 > election?  The electoral college > ju

RE: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread Andy Ousterhout
I known.  I was just surprised that you passed up such an easy one. ;-)   -Original Message-   From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]   Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 1:50 PM   To: CF-Community   Subject: Re: Electoral College/DNC   Hey, I was referring to Mickey Mouse. Jeez can&#

Re: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread Larry C. Lyons
-Original Message- >  From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >  Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 10:05 AM >  To: CF-Community >  Subject: Re: Electoral College/DNC > >  Dunno about that one, do we really want a Mickey Mouse President? > >  larry > >  On Wed, 28 Jul

RE: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread Andy Ousterhout
n the decision   -Original Message-   From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]   Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 10:14 AM   To: CF-Community   Subject: RE: Electoral College/DNC   Why is the 2000 Election a hick-up at all, it shows that the laws and   process setup by the Constitution, Congres

RE: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread Andy Ousterhout
You are too kind...   -Original Message-   From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]   Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 10:05 AM   To: CF-Community   Subject: Re: Electoral College/DNC   Dunno about that one, do we really want a Mickey Mouse President?   larry   On Wed, 28 Jul 2004

Re: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread Jerry Johnson
It's not his fault, he's just drawn that way? or Do you mean ANOTHER Mickey Mouse President? Jerry Johnson >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/28/04 11:04AM >>> Dunno about that one, do we really want a Mickey Mouse President? larry [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe]

RE: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread Nick McClure
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 10:39 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Electoral College/DNC Except that has never been the rules of the game. If one looks at the EC as a method of equalizing each state's say in their Federal Government, then it serves a valuable role.  It

Re: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Dunno about that one, do we really want a Mickey Mouse President? larry On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 10:24:16 -0400, Won Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 10:18 7/28/2004 -0400, you wrote: > >I think Disney is 100% digital at this point. They don't do any > >traditional cell animation anymore. It is all

RE: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread Nick McClure
voting practices, and things which are currently not standard at all. Doing this takes too much power away from the states, cost billions of dollars.   _   From: G [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 10:34 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Electoral College/DNC Yes, that is

RE: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread Andy Ousterhout
ons will occur.  It is not good practice to modify sound operating procedures for a one time event that has passed. Andy   -Original Message-   From: G [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]   Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 9:13 AM   To: CF-Community   Subject: Re: Electoral College/DNC   I'm co

RE: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread Andy Ousterhout
I am confused.  I didn't realize that the Supreme Court changed the vote in Florida.  Didn't they just stop the gerrymandering?   -Original Message-   From: Sandy Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]   Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 8:44 AM   To: CF-Community   Subject: RE: Elector

Re: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread Jerry Johnson
I read that in a bunch of places during the Comcast buyout bid for Diney. One pulled quote: Recognizing the need for improvement, Disney has decided to stop its traditional hand-drawn animation in favor of computer-generated works. In addition, the company has shown its willingness to invest larg

Re: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread G
  Subject: RE: Electoral College/DNC   That is not a majority; a majority is getting greater than 50% of all votes   cast. Getting more than any other single choice is a plurality.   There was a 500,000 vote difference between Bush and Gore, and Nader got 2.3   million votes, neither Bush nor Gore

Re: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread Won Lee
At 10:18 7/28/2004 -0400, you wrote: >I think Disney is 100% digital at this point. They don't do any >traditional cell animation anymore. It is all cgi. > >Their software is awesome. It should be able to keep up with the trial and >the following presidency. > >The only question becomes who is hi

RE: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread Nick McClure
, July 28, 2004 10:13 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Electoral College/DNC I'm confused. There WAS a majority winner in both elections, wasn't there? One candidate received more votes than another candidate, right? There's your president. Perhaps i'm just too simplistic in t

Re: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread Doug White
How the Electoral College works: http://www.fec.gov/pages/ecmenu2.htm a.. Each State is allocated a number of Electors equal to the number of its U.S. Senators (always 2) plus the number of its U.S. Representatives (which may change each decade according to the size of each State's population as

Re: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread Jerry Johnson
I think Disney is 100% digital at this point. They don't do any traditional cell animation anymore. It is all cgi. Their software is awesome. It should be able to keep up with the trial and the following presidency. The only question becomes who is his veep? After Quayle and Gore, Goofy almost lo

Re: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread G
  From: Nick McClure   To: CF-Community   Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 9:14 AM   Subject: RE: Electoral College/DNC   So what would we do with the 2000 and 1992 Elections?   Would we have a run off?   How would we handle absentee ballots, would only the people who voted the   first time aroun

RE: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread Nick McClure
?   _   From: G [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 9:59 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Electoral College/DNC Oh i know it would never pass. And when i say a "majority", of course i mean a majority of the counted votes. If 3 people in the US vote, and 2 voted for Mi

Re: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread Won Lee
At 08:58 7/28/2004 -0500, you wrote: >Oh i know it would never pass. > >And when i say a "majority", of course i mean a majority of the counted >votes. If 3 people in the US vote, and 2 voted for Mickey Mouse...he's >yer prez. I think Mickey Mouse would be disqualified because he can't produ

Re: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread G
July 28, 2004 8:56 AM   Subject: RE: Electoral College/DNC   A question; would you still require a majority, even with the popular vote?   In 1992, and in 2000, no candidate had a majority of the popular votes.   Would you base the president on a plurality or a majority?   Oh and on a side note,

RE: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread Nick McClure
I'm pretty sure the Constitution of the United States and the laws in place at the time of the election gave bush the 2000 election   _   From: Sandy Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 9:44 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Electoral College/DNC Didn&

RE: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread Sam Morris
--- Sandy Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >   > Didn't the Supreme Court give Bush the 2000 > election?  The electoral college > just ratified that decision IMHO. No. The the Supreme Court upheld the law that teh Florida Supreme Court tried to ignore. In the end all the votes were re-counted by

RE: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread Nick McClure
28, 2004 9:37 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Electoral College/DNC I guess i dont see any difference. Any future problems would be pretty much handled the same way. The 500+ voting margin in Florida in 2000 gave Bush Florida's electoral votes. Those represented a MUCH greater percentage o

RE: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread Sandy Clark
Didn't the Supreme Court give Bush the 2000 election?  The electoral college just ratified that decision IMHO.   _   From: G [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The electoral college gave Bush the 2000 election. Without it, Gore wins, by the popular voteand thats just the way it should be. [Toda

Re: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread G
t: Re: Electoral College/DNC   Jim I was thinking about it, and before i would be for removing the electoral college.   But heres the problem i keep getting to in my head.   Its the state's job to elect the president, thats not going to change even if they get rid of the electoral college unless

Re: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread Howie Hamlin
Nah, Florida is getting much better.  Oh, wait... http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/28/florida.voting.ap/index.html   - Original Message -   From: Bill Wheatley   To: CF-Community   Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 9:26 AM   Subject: Re: Electoral College/DNC   So heres the problem

Re: Electoral College/DNC

2004-07-28 Thread Bill Wheatley
Jim I was thinking about it, and before i would be for removing the electoral college. But heres the problem i keep getting to in my head. Its the state's job to elect the president, thats not going to change even if they get rid of the electoral college unless they amend the constitution. So h