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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: Selectric II who wrote (122924)1/21/2001 2:16:19 AM
From: mst2000  Read Replies (2) of 769667
 
Interesting, but Florida State law did not require or even contemplate statewide recount - it is county by county under Florida statute. Gore had no legal obligation to do it statewide, nor was there a need to do it statewide since counties without punch ballots do not have the same problems.

The US Code says that the safe harbor goes to those who comply with state election law as it existed before the election. That was exactly what Gore did. It was Bush, sadly, who took the position that the existing law was somehow unconstitional, because he was scared of what the result would be. And for good reason.
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