Make Florida vote again in a special election is the only thing I can think that would have been fair.
And don't say declare Gore the winner. Millions of people would be just as outradged that it wasn't Bush
2007-12-28 00:34:15 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
I agree that the way it was done was the correct way to do it, however so many people seem to disagree and have a sore spot about it, I wonder if another election would make everyone feel better?
2007-12-28 00:48:50 · update #1
For Florida to use their standing election laws to determine the winner.
Which, as it just so happened, was exactly what the Supreme Court told them to do.
2007-12-28 00:41:37 · answer #1 · answered by thegubmint 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The way it was resolved was Consitutional. All recounts in Florida post-election still had Bush as the winner. So the outcome was as it should have been but I'm always amazed at the number of people that still believe that Al Gore should have won Florida. If he had won his own home state of Tennessee, perhaps the ending of the story would have been different.
2007-12-28 08:38:26 · answer #2 · answered by Mike 5 · 6⤊ 1⤋
A special election sounds good, but only if exactly the same people cast their votes who did so in the official election. This to prevent large numbers of non-voters who did register from messing up the outcome.
2007-12-28 08:38:42 · answer #3 · answered by dutchboy_80 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Just a quick question - where in the constitution does it say citizens have the right to vote for president? Perhaps if we reverted to the original wording of the constitution and required state legislators to choose the electors who would vote for the president this problem would have never come up in the first place.
2007-12-28 08:59:41 · answer #4 · answered by Homeboy50 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
your question begs two things. one is that elections can be fair, and the system is so skewered that fairness is hardly what anybody wants. the second is that there actually could have been a major difference in the way the world has turned if the other guy had won. society moves like a tidal wave and will get to where its going despite the interference of whatever tiny obstacles deign to get in its way...the outcome of any election is inconsequential when viewing the bigger picture..two hundred years from now the winner of the 2000 election will be the answer in a trivia game, assuming people still play trivia games and assuming there are still people to play them.
2007-12-28 08:46:02 · answer #5 · answered by mrjones502003 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I think a dual would have been best. Maybe a boxing match. The whole thing was just crazy, so I think that a crazy solution would have at least left people saying "Well...I guess that's how that goes...". Actually, I just want to see that fight. It should be professional wrestling style. Tag-match. Good solution? Probably not, but I bet you'd get more people to watch it than voted :)
2007-12-28 12:36:23 · answer #6 · answered by Cam's Computers 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
just say Gore could not win his own state and say oh well a thousand recounts in Fl say Bush wins . Bush wins.
2007-12-28 08:49:42 · answer #7 · answered by John McCamnesty for Ex Senator 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Actually, the constitutional way happened. It was fair.
2007-12-28 08:37:35 · answer #8 · answered by doughboy_woohoo 2 · 5⤊ 1⤋