"The opening statements were pretty serious coming from the plaintiffs, actually criminal. The way Gore has acted, I don't wish to see him victorious, but this Martin Co. case is serious.. "
It comes down to if the judge will rule on law or on politics. As for the law:
42 US CODE SECTION 1971: No person acting under color of law shall . . . deny the right of any individual to vote in any election because of an error or omission on any record or paper relating to any application, registration, or other act requisite to voting, if such error or omission is not material in determining whether such individual is qualified under state law to vote in such election…
It would seem the "full, fair, and accurate" count is not meant to include some 15,000 absentee ballots, nor additional thousands of military votes. Now, why could that be? |
