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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: $Mogul who wrote (64006)	11/8/2000 12:46:53 PM
From: Zoltan!	Respond to of 769667

Apparently you know nothing of the law. Remember, AlGore the Junior planned to lose the popular vote and take office with the electoral vote. Reversal of fortune. He loses, the US wins.

To: $Mogul who wrote (64006)	11/8/2000 12:48:40 PM
From: ColtonGang	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

WASH>POST:Lawyers and advisers for the two nominees raced to Florida this morning to investigate two potentially crucial situations. In one, Democrats claim that more than 3,000 Gore votes in Palm Beach County may have been mistakenly recorded as votes for third-party candidate Patrick Buchanan because of oversized ballots whose lines were skewed. In the other, an unknown number of absentee ballots have yet to be tallied. Some state officials said a recount could be completed by late Thursday, but absentee ballots mailed from overseas have 10 days to arrive. They must have been postmarked by yesterday to be valid. About 1,000 Florida voters live in Israel and many can be expected to have supported the Democratic ticket. As of mid-morning, the Florida tally showed Bush leading by fewer than 2,000 votes. That includes all votes cast yesterday at polling stations, all domestic absentee ballots and all foreign absentee ballots received by 7 p.m. yesterday. Bush campaign chairman Don Evans said he believes the governor has won the election, but Gore's chairman, William Daley, said it's too close to call. He said former Secretary of State Warren Christopher would oversee the recount for Democrats. Florida law requires an automatic recount if the margin of difference is less than one-half of 1 percent, as this one clearly is. In Congress, meanwhile, Republicans appear likely to cling to the slimmest of majorities. They hold a 50 to 49 edge over Democrats in the Senate, with one race too close to call. In the House, Democrats have picked up at least one seat, and possibly two more. Currently, the GOP holds the Senate by 54 seats to 46 and the House by 223 seats to 210 (plus the two independents). With most presidential votes tallied in Oregon this morning, Bush held a modest lead, while Gore apparently carried Wisconsin by a tiny margin. But Florida, with its 25 electoral votes, is the only state that matters now, as the nominee who carries it will win the election.