Leon Richard of Farmington, ME Now we're back to "the stolen election". An actual recount was done.

**Additionally, The Media Consortium hired the National Opinion Research Center to examine 175,010 ballots that were never counted in Florida. [5] The investigation took 8 months and cost $900,000.[citation needed] Their results showed that the winning candidate varied based on the method used to include or interpret ballots.[35] For cases where all of their examiners agreed, the nine different recount scenarios resulted in Bush prevailing four times, and Gore prevailing in the other five. Ironically enough, under the recount rules initially requested by Gore, Bush would have won, and under the rules requested by Bush, Gore would have won.

Bush won, under the constitutional standard of the electoral college. Thank the Framers for that. Otherwise Mainers might as well just stay home on election day. California, New York, and a couple other states would be running the entire country.

We have safeguards built in to the constitution to prevent the tyranny of the majority. Democrats, by their very nature, hate that. They hate individual rights. They hate the idea that the "MAJORITY" can't run over the minority anytime it's expedient for them.

We've got another election coming in the fall. It's not a foregone conclusion the direction it will go in. We'll see the tyranny of the Democratic Party if it goes to Obama or Clinton. And they're also going to have to then put their money where their mouth is. It will truly be "put up or shut up". You're going to have all the chips if the D-candidate wins. Hope you're ready, because we're all, everyone of us, in the same boat. One gets wet, we all get wet.report abuse

fishin of Waterville, ME Mikes, read that opinion. I'm a lawyer and I can tell you it the most absurd and politized opinion the Supreme Court has ever given. There was NO equal protection issue even there, simply one made up the court to stop the recount. I don't know what a recount would have done. Perhaps Bush would have won regardless, but I have no question that the U.S. Supreme Court took away a candidates right to a free and impartial decision. The Court should and some members of the court, past and present, have hung their heads in shame over that 'decision'.report abuse

mikes of waterville, ME short history lesson for paul;

note it was Gore who ran to the court when his lost.

Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98 (2000), was a United States Supreme Court case heard on December 11, 2000. In a per curiam opinion, by a vote of 7-2, the Court held that the Florida Supreme Court's method for recounting ballots was unconstitutional, and by a vote of 5-4, the Court held that no alternative method could be established within the time limits established by the Florida Legislature. The per curiam opinion was argued on the basis of Equal Protection.

The decision stopped the recount that was occurring in Florida and allowed Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris's previous certification of George W. Bush as the winner of Florida's electoral votes to stand. Florida's 25 electoral votes gave Bush, the Republican candidate, 271 electoral votes, defeating Democrat Al Gore, who ended up with 266 electoral votes (with one District of Columbia elector abstaining). A majority (270) of the electoral votes are needed to win the Presidency or Vice Presidency in the Electoral College.report abuse

Paul Ferris of Waterville, ME How ironic the Supreme Court decided on the Indiana law. It was the Supreme Court that committed the greatest voter fraud in US History when they made George Bush President. The common sense logical thing to do would have been to insist that Florida do a recount.

I think voting should take place on Friday and Saturday especially now that voting is going to take more time checking IDs More people are going to be discouraged from voting. As any teenager can tell you, it is very easy to get a fake ID. As Mr. Reisert states, this could be a burden for the elderly.report abuse