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Politics : Electoral College 2000 - Ahead of the Curve -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mama Bear who wrote (2005)	11/12/2000 3:16:58 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 6710

I don't think the courts can stop the Florida Secretary of State from disregarding the hand counts if they aren't done in time - the statute says he "may" ignore the results if they aren't certified by 5:00 Friday. This morning everyone was saying that Bush can't stop the manual recount because the law provides for it and it's discretionary so if the canvassing boards want to do it, no one can stop them. Well, now the shoe is on the other foot. The canvassing boards "may" order a manual recount and the Secretary of State "may" ignore them. There's no way to stop one without stopping the other, IMO. And if you can't stop one, you can't stop the other. ROFLMAO!!!!! Actually, it could go the other way since the judges in Florida are Democrat and so is the federal judge. Maybe Gore CAN have it both ways, we'll see. In my heart, though, I think the US Supremes would find a way to reverse. Denny Hastert for President! >>Title IX ELECTORS AND ELECTIONS Chapter 102 Conducting Elections And Ascertaining The Results View Entire Chapter 102.112 Deadline for submission of county returns to the Department of State; penalties.-- (1) The county canvassing board or a majority thereof shall file the county returns for the election of a federal or state officer with the Department of State immediately after certification of the election results. Returns must be filed by 5 p.m. on the 7th day following the first primary and general election and by 3 p.m. on the 3rd day following the second primary. If the returns are not received by the department by the time specified, such returns may be ignored and the results on file at that time may be certified by the department.<<

To: Mama Bear who wrote (2005)	11/12/2000 3:31:42 PM
From: TraderGreg	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6710

This is a lawyer's fantasy. It's like kids who live in a Hi-Rise apartment at Halloween.. they maximize candy per 100 feet walked PLUS they get to ride on elevators. We've got citizens suing National Parties, National Parties suing National Parties. Now, we may have County Gov'ts suing the State. Possible Federal suits against the legislative branch or state legislatures. What's next? TG