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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective
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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (8217)12/2/2000 2:49:10 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (2) of 10042
 
Because aren't they, in essence, trying to claim that Katherine Harris didn't have the right to exercise her authority in certifying the elections according to state law, simply because she is Republican.


Not quite -- they were saying that the statute that says "certify after 7 days" is in conflict with the statute that says "you can do a manual recount if the canvassing board approves", because there is not enough time provided to do the recounts.

Now, you could argue that the law gives full discretion to the Secretary of State to include recounts if she wishes, and if she doesn't wish to there's no recourse. In fact this is the Republican argument. The argument never turned on Katherine Harris being a Republican, although her behavior has not exactly looked impartial to most observers.
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