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To: SecularBull who wrote (74253)	11/14/2000 1:25:53 PM
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An attorney in Israel, David Baskind, drew international press attention last week after the Jerusalem Post quoted him Friday as noting a provision that says valid absentee ballots need not be postmarked by Nov. 7 or earlier. "Please make every effort to see to it that your ballot is postmarked," Baskind said Monday, reading from an addendum to the Miami-Dade County absentee ballot form sent him. "If, however, you do not have a method to show a postmark, and your ballot is received by the Nov. 17 deadline, it will be counted." Such a loophole would appear to open the door to ballots being cast after Election Day, when the close race already had become international news. Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris, whose office oversees Florida elections, confirmed Monday the postmark loophole. Indeed, the pertinent Florida law says merely that an overseas voter must submit a ballot that is "postmarked or signed and dated" by Election Day. tdo.com