[PEN-L:4237] President Gore

[Marco Anglesio]

On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, kelley wrote:
> do you think that means vote fraud then max.  i've always understood that 
> recounts don't end up matter that much in the end.  but this is a very 
> vague memory and i've not bothered to look it up and check.

IIRC, a recount awarded Hawaii to Nixon in 1960, and I believe a recount
decided a senatorial seat in Florida sometime during the eighties.
Elections don't often end up deadlocked, since there is somewhat of a
bandwagon effect in the last few days.

 
Marco

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