To believe there was not something peculiar going on in these places requires faith in election officials only marginally less intense than Abraham's faith when he offered his son Isaac as a sacrifice. Add to this the fact that a number of Republican observers have filed formal affidavits, under penalty of perjury, charging election official Carol Roberts, a Democratic activist, with piling Bush ballots in Gore stacks and poking chads with her finger nails. Carol Roberts has not recused herself and she continues her allege practices unabated. It is true that in Palm Beach County every vote is examined by a Republican and a Democrat. However, when there is controversy, the election board, dominated by Democrats, has invariably decided in favor of adding a Gore vote and not adding a Bush vote.
Equity seems no where in sight.
Democrats control the machinery of the elections in the few counties under dispute and the statistics of the first recount and the observations on the ground do not lend credence to the election process in these heavily partisan counties. Please, please someone convince me that this election is not being stolen. I want to believe in the legitimacy of this election, but I find it difficult.