>>>>>>In fact, at least some of the counties asked the courts (the FL Supreme Court, if I remember right) to give them a set of rules to follow in counting the ballots, and the courts said, in essence, "that's your problem.">
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>>>>>It's called past practices. They should follow the rules that were in place prior to the election, not continue to change them until algore is in the west wing.
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>>>>What rules were in place?
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>>>The ones they used in previous elections.
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>>And those would be written where?
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>Well, I don't know about Florida, but here in TN (Bush country) our counties have written procedures on what to do, when. I assume they have similar documents, don't you?

Come on John, you know what happens when you assume < g >. I have yet to see anything written in Florida that deals with hanging chads or dimples. Of course, it would be fine with me if we used Texas's rules. Do you think W. will have a problem with that?