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Florida Oh Florida
Ooops! We did it again! Florida messed up with voting again. Last Presidential Election 2004 Florida couldn't get right either. Should Florida's primary election be mailed in and count? Should they revote or just don't count?
12 comments:
conway same thing but as for the vote don't count it.
I'm sure they knew what was going to happen when they moved the date up so I say no redo!
I believe it should be a revote. There's no telling whose votes are missing.This is another reason why i believe some individuals are so discouraged to vote.
I think that the votes should count, however it may cause problems if a redo of the votes are done because new people may come out and vote and others who voted before may not go back a second time.
We are in a economic down slide, I'm sure we can us that 15 million for something else. That's a lot of money for a recount, just don't count them for the primary election.
I don't think there should be a re-vote. The DMC stripped the delegates and they shouldn't go back on that.
There were no voting problems in 2004 in Florida. They were in 2000.
The recount was never going to be paid for with taxpayer money, so not having a recount would have no affect on state funds.
Who's money then, and couldn't they put that money into something benefical for the country?
Florida lost their primary priveleges because Al Gore kept demanding all of those recounts after he lost. I understand why Michigan lost their priveleges, but I don't believe Florida was as responsible. Eventually both states will be able count towards the primaries right? How long can this go on for?
SETH NEIKIRK
Actually, the Florida situation has nothing whatsoever to do with Al Gore. Gore ran in 2000 and only asked for one recount, which was stopped by the courts. Recounts are not only legal, in cases like the 2000 election, they are required under law. A party can't punish a state for a recount.
The rules for this year's election were passed in 2006. One of those rules was that only four states -- Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada -- could vote this year before February 5. The Florida legislature voted to move the primary to January 29. This was a bipartisan vote that only had one opponent in the entire legislature. Since this move broke the rules, the Republicans lost half their delegates and the Democrats lost all of their delegates.
None of the rules require either state to be counted at this point, although the final decision is made by a committee that is appointed by the presidential nominee in each party. McCain will obviously seat both states' delegates, since it has no affect on his nomination. If there is not a Democratic nominee before the convention, it is unlikely that Florida's votes will be counted at the convention. That's a slim chance, though, and in all likelihood a deal will be worked out before the convention determining a nominee and allowing the delegates from both states to be seated.
I THINK THAT THE VOTES SHOULD BE DONE OVER. BECAUSE ALOT OF PEOPLE DIDNT VOTE BECAUSE THEY FELT LIKE THEIR VOTES WOULDNT BE COUNTED. MAILIN VOTES, NO. IT SHOULD BE DONE THE WAY THAT IT WAS DONE AT FIRST.
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