[Overpaid Slacker]

Supe -
I'm with Drago. I think the real a$$-chafing part is her pulling a "Gore" -- wanting to cherry-pick only those jurisdictions likeliest to help her. If it's state-wide and run is as non-partisan a fashion as possible, I wouldn't bytch too much (except for the cost). But it has been two votes and Rossi leads in both of them; part of the process is the END of the process.

Let's say a third recount on the D's terms results in her with a 5-vote advantage. OK, then the R is going to say -- now we recount MY hand-picked jurisdictions ... that's only fair, right? If the winner after two counts is now the loser by a smaller margin than either of his victories, he's got more right than the initial loser to have a recount of his own, on his terms. This could go on forever.

It could go on forever even if it's a state-wide recount, frankly. If the D is ahead by a hair's breadth after the THIRD count, and voter "intent" has been used to determine votes... blammo! How 'bout this: if you can't clearly and accurately, beyond the shadow of a doubt, mark your vote, it doesn't count... for either side.

You have elections to have closure and to let government govern. Jeez, even Nixon understood that.

JP