the algore effect
keep recounting until you win
if you can't win, claim that you did.
whereas what's important is that the election be final, not accurate.
the accuracy becomes least important of all when the election is close. it doesn't matter then. the electorate is split.
so you do a coin toss, in effect, and stand by the result.
By GREG GRANDIN
The U.S. should urge Mexico to recount the votes in its presidential election.
``I must give him his due. He has considerably cretinized me.'' Lautréamont
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