The discovery of the valid ballots makes it possible. More than that though it would seem likely to ensure that the results of an already ridiculously close race become even closer. This is the kind of thing that really makes me wonder about first-past-the-post election systems. If a handful of ballots separate winner from loser when millions of ballots are cast how sure can we be that the "winner" won? And what does that mean for the idea of representative democracy? I don't see the basic design of the US government changing, but between this and the fiasco that was Florida 2000 I'm surprised there hasn't been more discussion of reforming not just how we count votes but our voting system itself.
Posted by armand at December 14, 2004 11:28 AM | TrackBack | Posted to Politics