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Milo_Bloom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-04 06:28 PM
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4. That would be excellent!
This whole situation has been bothering me for weeks now. I don't understand how anyone can say with a straight face that a vote shouldn't be counted because of some legal technicality.

Ironically, the people saying this are the EXACT same people who scream their heads off if a defendent in a case is dismissed because of a legal technicality!

We certainly have to look at a public interest argument. What is the damage caused by not counting the vote vs the damage caused by sticking to the letter of the law. Not counting a vote undermines the very concept of our representative republic.
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