Not counting votes in certain counties in Maine = Fraud
Santorum delegate voting secretly for Paul = Not Fraud![/quote]
Not accurate. The Republican party decided to use the Caucus structure on some of the states. Why they decided to do that.. beats me unless you feel that the Republican party wants to guarantee that the Repub party leaders want their choice to go to the election and not who the Repub constituents may want.
Ron Paul is just gaming their own system.. the system they set up. Not counting districts even though the system they set up says they should.. is fraud. It is a ‘last minute – under the table change to effect the vote. Personally, I believe that the delegates should be bound by the primary.. but that is not how it was set up in some states.
[quote eron_by_the_sea]I understand that when election is stolen away from you, it feels bad.
– Al Gore & people whose votes were not counted in 2000.
[/quote]If you check the record on the Al Gore vote, you will find that Al Gore wanted recounts on only specific districts of Florida where he felt that he would gain, but not in other districts where he felt that he might lose. It went before the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court stated that you recount/handcount ALL of Florida or NONE of Florida. You don’t get to cherry pick.
As for the ‘popular vote’, there have been other elections where the popular vote went against who ended up being elected due to differing ratios for voters represented by delegates in each state (and the all-nothing rules in some states). Back in the 1800’s, delegates made sense because it was hard to count votes and make sure the count is accurate over such a large area as the United States. Now, it no longer make much sense.
