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Going to get interesting

The most overturned (and arguably liberal) of the Circuit Courts has validated Bush v. Gore.

Some have predicted this will be quickly overturned but would that make the SCOTUS inconsistent? Some say no.

Posted in uncategorized on September 16th, 2003 by SayUncle | RSS 2.0 |

4 Responses to “Going to get interesting”

  1. tgirsch Says:
    September 16th, 2003 at 5:36 pm

    Augh! The National Review author is an idiot! That, or he’s deliberately misleading people.

    Putting this through the gibberish translator, the plaintiffs claim that the state may not use punchcards because the punchcard system of balloting is not as accurate in conveying votes as other, newer methods.

    In analyzing this claim, the Ninth Circuit conceded that no voting system is foolproof, and that the Constitution does not demand the best-available technology.

    …snip…

    All this is to say that no voting system is perfect.

    Err, are you seriously arguing that because ALL methods of voting are imperfect, it’s okay that some districts use methods of voting that have repeatedly been shown to have much higher error rates that those used in other districts, and that’s okay?

    This fails to recognize that, while subject to error, the punchcard system is not so unreliable or “different” compared to other systems that it threatens the right to vote, or substantially dilutes votes from county-to-county.

    Wrong-o. The punchard system IS substantially less reliable. And it does threaten the right to vote, because the right to vote means nothing if there’s a good chance that your vote won’t be counted. The Ninth cited a laundry list of judicial precedent, not just Bush v. Gore, to back this up.

    Under the Ninth Circuit’s approach, higher error rates are not constitutionally acceptable, and therefore a state would seem to be forced to invest in the newest-possible voting technologies to avoid uncounted votes.

    To argue this is to grossly misstate the Ninth’s conclusion. In recognizing that voting methods are imperfect, what the Ninth is essentially saying is that the state must use voting methods with comparable error rates in all areas. This in no way implies that only the latest/greatest equipment can be used. It only means that the equipment used must be consistent statewide (at least in terms of error rates, if not actual technology used).

  2. tgirsch Says:
    September 17th, 2003 at 12:22 pm

    What? Nobody here disagrees with me? Shocking! 🙂

  3. SayUncle Says:
    September 17th, 2003 at 12:40 pm

    I don’t have enough info to agree or disagree, i’m currently sitting back and watching the show.

  4. tgirsch Says:
    September 17th, 2003 at 3:33 pm

    I don’t have enough info to agree or disagree

    Your willingness to admit that puts you on a plane above most bloggers from all areas of the political spectrum. Kudos. 🙂

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