Volusian Confusion in Fla goes back to 1876 if not earlier

[Jersey Devil]

As a presidential election comes down to the wire, it becomes quite clear that securing Florida's electoral votes is the key to winning the office. The initial count shows the virtually negligible margin of 931 votes between the candidates. A major New York newspaper trumpets the headline, "The Result - What Is It? Something that no fellow can understand. Impossible to name our next President. The returns too meager." The New York Times dubs it "A Doubtful Election". Oregon's margin is similarly slim (500 votes); Democrats claim to take Louisiana by 20,000 votes while Republicans announce their own victory by 4,000.

Everyone freaks out. Both parties send old-school dignitaries (dubbed "visiting statesmen" by the press), grand old political men of esteem and pasts of loyal service, to oversee the recounts in Florida and elsewhere. With trepidation, these supposed sages await reports of fraud and undue influence from the other side, and, with forced calm, tell their colleagues that the election is most decidedly going in their favor.

The proceedings have the potential to last months. The words "constitutional crisis" are bandied about.

Sound familiar? We're not talking about this year's Presidential race between Al Gore and George W. Bush, although we could be. This year's electoral contest bears an eerily uncanny resemblance to that of the 1876 race between Samuel J. Tilden and Rutherford B. Hayes.
More - http://www.historyhouse.com/uts/tilden_hayes/

My comment: Having had about 128 years to perfect it, why should fooling around with votes be surprising?

[knowbody0]

1. amazing

especially when you consider the retired persons living there. the ones that have the time to be involved in politics