>>>I understand that court rulings have upheld that the votes must be counted EVEN IF The numbers were left off...we'll have to see how these cases come out, as you say.<<<
I think what you're saying is that there were some Republican counties, not courts, who counted them anyway. I believe the precedent of the court was and is to throw out the questionable ballots.
campaignwatch.com referenced the following:
>>>In a parallel case, Xavier Suarez was elected mayor of Miami in 1997 with
the help of 400 absentee ballots that proved fraudulent.10 A Florida
District Court later threw out all 5,000 absentee ballots in the contest,
which had gone 2-to-1 for Suarez, and awarded the mayorship to Suarez’
opponent (see ruling).11 A separate 1998 court ruling granted Florida
judges broad authority to invalidate elections if fraud or even unintentional
error results in a flawed outcome.<<<
10) Chicago Tribute, 11/13/2000, p. 8.
11) LA Times 11/21/2000, p. A16; and LA Times, 11/13/1997, p. A5.
12) Tampa Tribune, 11/9/2000, p. 16. |
