Reply #120: You still miss the point....... [View All]

.......machines counted the ballots. Machines tabulated the results. If a candidate challenges the results with sufficient reason, a court may compel a hand count of the paper ballots. If that hand count deviates from the machine totals by a significant amount, it provides enough evidence to compel recounts in other jurisdictions that used the same or similar hardware and software to conduct their counts.

Bush* lost NH but 'won' the election so I don't think he'll challenge the results. Kerry won NH so he has no reason to challenge the results. Nader, OTOH, lost both the state and the election and he has the legal standing to ask for a challenge of the results in New Hampshire.

The real question is can he be trusted due to his history and involvement with Sproul and Associates. Remember they not only systematically accepted and destroyed democratic registration forms in a number of states, they also submitted fraudulent signatures in an attempt to get Nader on the ballot in several states.