[cb]

Lots of other problems too. like, the disenfranchisement of the maryland voter, and what constitutes the national vote total since its done differently in every state..eg no national standards for conducting the vote....

But, facts and realities don't get in the way of a demorat movement.... witness global warming.

[teeman8r]

this will never hold up but in omalley’s mind... disenfranchisement of the voter is too obvious to any self-righteous maryland court and will not hold water...

there will be no need though to implement a lawsuit, the dream of a 2000 redo will only hurt the dems...

teeman

[old republic]

It is very dangerous to create the possibility that could throw confusion into the electoral process because it could cause a huge dispute which could create a sense of illegitimacy (especially if there is a legitimate difference in legal interpretation of convoluted voting laws). In such an atmosphere of illegitimacy and extreme factional contention, multiple people claiming to be victors (especially if two intensely opposed factions view their candidate as being the rightfully elected candidate) could in a worst case scenario cause civil war. Maryland's law just creates to many constitutional and problems (especially since it has a trigger that could be triggered at any time (even after an election has already occurred but before the electoral college has voted. Could you imagine what would happen if in theory an election (like the 2000 election) was in which one candidate won the electoral college bud did not win the popular vote, but another state adopted Maryland's electoral college law the day after the election but before the electoral college voted and triggered these new electoral college rules and changed the winner of the election?)