But, I want it to be fair. Most agreed, however, that a hand count should take place if it would erase any doubt of whom Florida selected as its president. There's no reason to make sure you're not 100 percent sure you got the right answer. Robert Savage, a political science professor, said he thinks a Bush campaign attempt to stop hand counting of the ballots is wrong. I just don't like to buy into that kind of rhetoric.
Democracy is what is important.
Schreckhise, who came to the UA three years ago from Washington State University, said the fact that each state has until Dec. 18 to decide whom receives their votes is an indication that the founding fathers thought a situation like the current one might arise. Though hand counts of the ballots are taking place, most said they wouldn't want to see the situation decided in court. Schreckhise noted that courts have always been hesitant to weigh in on these types of matters. Rutherford, an executive in residence in the Walter J. Lemke department of journalism, drew parallels to the segregation situation in Little Rock in 1957. Although more than 19,000 ballots in Palm Beach County, Fla., were thrown out because citizens voted twice and more than 3,000 residents said they voted for the wrong candidate, several UA community members said those people shouldn't be allowed to vote again.