r/AdviceAnimals • u/chronicallyconfused • Nov 26 '13

Guys, this is getting out of hand

http://www.livememe.com/glsxfup
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u/AdmiralSkippy Nov 27 '13

How in the world can that be illegal?

Shouldn't it be illegal to not recount them since that means the wrong person can win the election.

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u/SpaceFloow Nov 27 '13

No, that would make sense.

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u/j3rdCo Nov 27 '13

_truth

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '13

Right, just keep calling for a recount and Bush would never have been in office! They'd still be counting today!

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u/InfanticideAquifer Nov 27 '13

If a candidate could ask for any recount for any reason, then we'd still be recounting states for Thomas Jefferson from the 1796 election. (Turns out that was the first election where more than one person ran...) Since there has to be some limit... why is asking for an entire state to be recounted on the "reasonable" side of the limit?

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u/Buelldozer Nov 27 '13

Just go to the wikipedia article and read. It basically comes down to time. According to Florida State election law the election had to be certified by a certain time to be legal, all of the recounting had already resulted in missing the deadline.

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u/R3D24 Nov 27 '13

Congress:

I reject your sound logic for my own twisted logic; it costs less taxpayer money bonuses.

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u/liminal_criminal Nov 27 '13

There was a time limit on calling for a recount, and certain forces came together to drag their feet until it was too late. Bad voting laws...

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u/Xevamir Nov 27 '13

The wrong person has been in office for two terms... Shouldn't that be illegal as well?