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To: Dave Gore who wrote (118497)12/8/2000 10:58:55 AM
From: Lane Hall-Witt  Read Replies (1) of 120523
 
Dave: I won't dwell long on the politics, but I'd certainly be cautious ahead of the Supreme Court. My prediction is that the two absentee ballot cases turn up nothing for Gore. If wrongdoing is found, the remedy will focus on the county officials and the Republican operatives; at this point, it is hard to imagine ballots being thrown out.

However, I still think the Fla Supreme Court could well call for a recount. Did you listen to the closing arguments in the Seminole case? The judge was asking Bush's attorneys why exactly she shouldn't throw out the ballots. She got them to build up a big record of statements like: every voter has a right to have their vote count; you can't throw out legally cast votes due to technicalities or flaws in the electoral process; etc., etc., etc. If this sounds at all familiar, it is! That's exactly the argument Gore has been making all along.

My conspiracy theory du jure is that the Seminole case was designed all along to get Bush on the record with the Gore argument, thus giving the Supreme Court cover to decide in favor of counting legally cast votes that remain uncounted (or "undercounted") due to technicalities or flaws in the electoral process.

With apologies to SI Admin (Jeff)! But I note all of this because these cases will clearly affect the markets.
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