# Something fishy going on in the election?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-fishy-going-on-in-the-election/40280>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 8, 2000, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-fishy-going-on-in-the-election/40280 "2000-11-08T10:23:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2000, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-fishy-going-on-in-the-election/40280/21 "2000-11-09T16:40:17Z")

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They should just declare it a tie and throw them to the (Republican) Congress. Hey, it worked against the cheater once in a rigged presidential race 😉 (1800)

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**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2000, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-fishy-going-on-in-the-election/40280/22 "2000-11-09T16:59:26Z")

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Did you **see** those ballots they’ve been talking about?

This isn’t something that only affected old people with vision problems. Hell, I saw them and I thought they were  
scandalously confusing. However, if the Dems challenge the  
Florida results on the strength of these ballots, then I’m sure their opponents could find other election irregularities to challenge elsewhere in the country. If this doesn’t call for a standardized national balloting system, I don’t know what does.

I backed Gore, because I marginally preferred him over Bush and will defend this choice to the death!

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