RE: The cause of uncertainty in the election outcome.

2000-11-20 Thread R. A. Hettinga
At 10:00 AM -0800 on 11/20/00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The uncertainties are far larger than > the measured difference. Plus or minus the noise caused by vote fraud in either direction... > Send the damn thing to Congress already. "A republic, Madam, if you can keep it..." Cheers, RAH --

RE: The cause of uncertainty in the election outcome.

2000-11-20 Thread mmotyka
However the recounts work out I think it's pretty clear that in the statitical sense we have a tie. The uncertainties are far larger than the measured difference. Even the national totals are within about 0.1%. This is probably 1 or 2 orders of magnitude less than the percentage of disqualified ba

RE: The cause of uncertainty in the election outcome.

2000-11-20 Thread Ernest Hua
Title: RE: The cause of uncertainty in the election outcome. Well, that's not entirely true either.  The judicial system is generally pragmatic, in the sense that they do not address issues not brought before the court.  For instance, if someone commits a crime, a prosecutor must bri