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

To: Aggie who wrote (73029)	11/13/2000 4:13:13 PM
From: jhild	Respond to of 769667

Those statements by Gore's people are unfortunate. Indeed the attempt by Katherine Harris is almost surely a partisan attempt to subvert the recount that they could not get stopped in Federal Court. But I also think that the statements by Chris Lehane are out of line. These people should just cool their jets, and let the process of hand counting conclude.

To: Aggie who wrote (73029)	11/13/2000 4:14:44 PM
From: J D B	Respond to of 769667

"The law allows the deadline to be extended in special cases at the secretary of state's discretion. But Harris, who was part of the Bush campaign, refused to allow an extension." I read the statute, and it's clear that those special cases are restricted to "acts of God" - not the desire of people or counties. Based on this, I'd say the State court should rule that the actions of the Secretary of State are in coplete compliance with the state's statutes. If the court rules otherwise, they are on very thin legal ice, and would probably have their ruling overturned in the Court of Appeals.