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2 Thursday, November 30, 2000 FRANCISCO From Page 1 The third part of the surgery was the most difficult because Wang had to hand-fashion the shape of the ring to ' perfecdy fit around Francisco’s cornea. The riskiest part of the surgery OVERSIGHT From Page 1 The recent turn of events caught the nation by surprise and raised a simple but poignant question: Can the American voting system be trusted? Pre-existing problems within the sys tem are being examined more closely. UNC political science Professor Thad Beyle said contested elections, as well as errors and manipulations of the vote count, are fairly common. “I think (the Florida situation) is abnormal in the sense that there is such a great focus on it,” he said. “I think that if you look at lots of states, there will be similar prob lems, but they aren’t as momentous.” Beyle said election reform legislation is an inevitable result of the presidential election controversy. He added that studies are in progress to determine the effects of the current situation. And Beyle thinks the controversy will have a negative effect on voters. “I think that the longer this plays out, the more cynical people will become,” he said. Controversial elections often result from a lack of uniformity in ballot systems. Election experts said races decided below the national level often encounter problems because of varied voting pro cedures within the states. Don Wright, N.C. Board of Elections general counsel, said electorate size con- \C Interested in Working with \&3mß Youn S Children and Families? Here's the major for you... CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND FAMILY STUDIES (CDFS) BIRTH THROUGH KINDERGARTEN LICENSURE PROGRAM What? Informal Interest Reception When? Nov. 30 from 3:30-spm (drop in) Refreshments ’ ' unll Kp cprvpri L Where? 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I A MESSAGE FROM I I . ■ I | S.CIf NCI Ifi THE 1 , . I ■ I V ■■ : : jjSi I 1 - - - ■ x ■ - ■■ occurred when the cornea was lifted to move the pupil. “At any point in the surgical process, a mistake could have occurred to render the entire process in vain,” Wang said. Wang, who is a pioneer in cornea graft research, has a patent for the tech nique used on Francisco. However, as technology and tech- tributes to the frequency of contested elections. “The smaller the election base, the smaller the office is, the more agitat ed people get,” Wright said. “For exam ple, the election for mayor is more like ly to be contested than that for governor.” Wright said close elections can be contested through a recount or in court. Marie Garber, author of “Contested Elections and Recounts: A Summary of State Procedures for Resolving Disputed Federal Ejections,” said minor problems in state and municipal elections are often ignored except in close situations. She said county tax dollars fund elec tions, making individual counties responsible for elections. Garber added that ballots in most states vary by county, except in sparse ly populated states such as Alaska and Delaware, which use a uniform ballot The most widely used voting system in the country is Votomatic, similar to the system used in Palm Beach County. To use Votomatic, voters insert a punch card into a machine that allows to pick a candidate by marking a circle. Other types of ballots used include paper ballots and outdated lever machines. North Carolina uses a variety of systems - including computer touch screens, paper ballots and punch cards. But elections experts say there is no perfect voting method because each method, coupled with underfunding, creates a unique set of problems. From Page One niques improve, Wang would like to see the procedure used all over the world. “The procedure brings a ray of hope to a group of patients for whom, other wise, present technology has nothing to offer.” The City Editor can be reached atcitydesk@unc.edu. “Things can go wrong in any voting system,” Garber said. “They all have their weaknesses and their strengths.” Wright said money can often become a factor. He said counties frequently make election administration decisions based property tax revenues. “In Palm Beach, somebody decided that throwing out 15,000 ballots in the last election wasn’t much of a concern,” he said. “It was a local political decision. They didn’t want to spend the money.” Wright said county officials are forced to balance spending priorities. “Should (counties) spend millions of dollars on voting or schools?” But experts say there are policies in place to ensure fair elections. Wright said a system of checks and balances between the two major politi cal parties helps alleviate potential problems. “Republican and Democratic officials work together to safeguard the polls,” he said. “They keep an eye on each other, and it works beautifully.” Hunter, who spent 18 years in the N.C. House, said he sponsored a bill making recounts in close elections mandatory. The same bill later allowed Hunter to receive a recount “There are procedures built in to check the results on Election Day,” Hunter said. But despite the recent election woes, Beyle said he thinks democracy and the election process is successful as a whole. He cited the relatively calm mood of the country after the election. “There are no riots, the Army hasn’t taken over, we just had Thanksgiving dinner and students are back to worrying about late papers.” The State & National Editor can be reached at stntdesk@unc.edu. ’’l.!> A\\i \i T:.\u.-im RlVkmt rSi mix \i “Promoting Best Practice for High School and College Students with LD and ADHD” with keynote speaker Dr. Loring C. Brinckerhoff A higher education consultant and an adjunct professor at Tufts University. Dr.Brinckerhoff specializes in transition planning for high school students, programming for college students with LD, legal rights of adults with LD, and program evaluation. 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Amar said the development of a strong media and the Internet, which rapidly disseminates information to widespread audiences, vasdy increases the political knowledge of the average voter - making it possible for voters to direedy elect the president Amar said the outcome of the 2000 presidential election could provide the catalyst needed for building enough support to abolish the Electoral College. “If Bush should become president, it will encourage more people to push for a change and increase their chances for success,” Amar said. “Most people see the Electoral College as a group that reflects their will, instead of an inde pendent body. Electing a president who loses the popular vote, even by a small margin, will eliminate that image.” If Bush wins, it will be the first time in more than a century that a president was elected without winning the popular race. Republican Benjamin Harrison had about 100,000 votes less than Democratic candidate Grover Cleveland in the 1888 election but won the race with 233 elec toral votes to Cleveland’s 168. But UNC School of Law Professor Eric Muller, who specializes in consti tutional issues, said it was unlikely the Electoral College would ever be elimi nated or changed. “Any proposal (to change the college) would be dead in the water," Muller said. He said the amendment needed to change the Electoral College on a nationwide basis would likely fail because smaller states, which wield a disproportionate amount of power in the Electoral College, would not approve it. “The state of Wyoming has about 450,000 (citizens) but gets three elec toral votes,” Muller said. “It doesn’t deserve three - per capita it deserves less than one- but that’s the way the college was designed.” Under the Constitution, states receive one electoral vote for each congress mem ber. Wyoming, with two senators and one representative, has three electoral votes - one for about 150,000 people. California, the most populous state in the nation, has 54 electoral votes -one vote per 600,000 people. Muller said this system gave voters in smaller states a disproportionate voice in the Electoral College, despite the focus a candidate might place on a larg er state like California or Florida. Muller also said he opposed tamper ing with the Constitution. He said the Electoral College has only experienced two problems in about 200 years that would significantly impact the nation - the 1876 and 2000 elections. The 1876 election also involved problems with Florida voting practices, such as missing ballot boxes and alleged voter fraud. Florida eventually submit ted two separate sets of electors -one Democrat and one Republican. A House committee, which was majority Republican, voted along party lines to accept the Republican slate of electors, giving the race to Republican candidate Rutherford B. Hayes even though the Democratic candidate Samuel Tilden won more popular votes. Stanford Law Professor Emeritus William Cohen, who teaches constitu tional law, said the 2000 election helped show the importance of the college. “One of the nice things about the col lege is that we’re only concerned with the Florida vote,” said Cohen, who sup ports reforming the Electoral College by adopting a proportional system. “Imagine the chaos if every precinct in the country was recounting just like those in Florida.” The State <8 National Editor can be reached at stntdesk@unc.edu. 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This week’s topic: “How would the U.S. be different if the president were a minority?” 7 p.m. - All interested students are invited to come hear Byron Peters, col lege minister at the Church of the Good Shepard in Durham speak in Union 224. 7 p.m. - Students for the Advancement of Race Relations will hold a general interest meeting in the Campus Y lobby. The meeting is open to all students interested in tackling racial issues on campus and in the community. 7 p.m. -The Carolina Animal Rights Effort will sponsor a video screening and discussion about “The Witness.” It’s a documentary recounting one man’s personal journey on becoming an animal rights activist The event will be held in 106 Gardner Hall. 8 p.m. - Carolina Production Guild will hold a meeting and script pitches in Swain Hall Studio 2. The meeting is open to anyone inter ested in film production. For more information, go to: cpgfilms@hotmail.com. ahr Saily (Tar Mrrl Thursday, November 30,2000 Volume 108, Issue 124 RO. 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