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Politics : Electoral College 2000 - Ahead of the Curve

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To: chomolungma who wrote (6082)	12/13/2000 10:37:22 AM
From: Valley Girl	Read Replies (2) of 6710

Also, it's fitting given Mr. Gore's pursuit of the presidency through the courts that the highest court in the land administered the coup de grace. He who lives by the sword... I'm afraid I don't feel very happy about this victory, not the way I felt on election night when I went to bed thinking W had won. I didn't want to win this way. I'm convinced that if a fair hand count were done today, W would still win. I'd rather have seen the US SC leave the FL SC with the final word, rather than sending the case back to "die on the table" in Florida. Obviously I agree with the majority that the subjective and partial hand-counting was unconstitutional. I'm less certain about their interpretation of the 12th as an absolute deadline; it's true that Florida law clearly intended to resolve presidential elections by that date, but it's also clear that Florida law intended that the candidate with the most votes win the state's 25 electors. They should have let the FL SC weigh these competing requirements, so that this case would ultimately be decided where it began, in Florida. Ciao!

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