Text "All Americans can live with votes counted for Gov. George W. Bush. But our democracy cannot live if the votes of the American people are not counted. An uncounted vote says to the American people that THEY don't count. "If the Supreme Court's actions -- whatever that may ultimately turn out to be -- in the end, prohibit all votes cast from being fully, fairly and inclusively counted (to the degree humanly possible), then the Supreme Court will have discredited itself, lost much of its moral and legal authority, the Justices themselves will have contributed mightily to undermining the very institution they represent, and undermined the rule of law that they are sworn to uphold on behalf of the American people,"