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Florida wants to have a recount. But handling and interpreting different votes in slightly different ways is a violation of the constitutional rights of certain voters – presumably those voters who get their votes scrutinized more strictly than others. But how to come up with a standard? Ehh! Let’s just not count any of them.

Or, there’s another possibility. “Voter intent” is too imprecise a standard to insure fairness and basic equity. And every voter’s rights have to be upheld. But there’s just not enough time to work all this out. So, hey, let’s just not count any of them.

Am I missing something?

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