FORMER VP SAYS BALLOTS WITH HANGING CHADS UNFAIRLY DISREGARDEDWASHINGTON - Former Vice President and 2000 Presidential candidate Al Gore called for a recount of Major League Baseball All-Star Game ballots cast this year. Gore claims that only fully punched-out chads have been tallied, leaving at a disadvantage fans who vote from small market cities and rural areas "who are not sufficiently sophisticated to know how to fully punch-out chads," said Gore.
Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig announced that he wants to insure the fairness of the balloting and named former Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris to oversee the vote tallying process. Harris' declaration in the 2000 Presidential election that George Bush was the victor in Florida over Al Gore ignited a battle that forced the U.S. Supreme Court to decide the race.
Harris immediately held a press conference in which she "vowed that all 74 major league teams will be treated with the utmost fairness." Commissioner Selig, standing next to Harris, muttered to an aide. "What the hell's she talking about? There are only 30 teams in baselball." The Commissioner shook his head in disgust. "This dame must not know how to count."
