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To: Mighty_Mezz who wrote (77219)	11/15/2000 11:15:22 PM
From: amadeus	Respond to of 769670

I agree. that's a big problem, and I don't think there is a bush strategy to deal with saving face on that one. results will get reported. its not going to play out well.

To: Mighty_Mezz who wrote (77219)	11/15/2000 11:19:38 PM
From: Mr. Palau	Respond to of 769670

When this decision gets back before the state court judge, I expect him to pick up on a point he made during the initial hearing, and one that Harris's lawyers didnt have a good answer to at the time. The law gives a party 72 hours after the election to request a manual recount. From election Tuesday, you have until Friday to make your request. Then the county must decide what to do, which takes time. And of course, the manual count itself can take days. Yet the deadline Harris is rigidly relying on says that counties must have their results in one week after election day. Doesnt this render the right to seek a manual recount illusory? In other words, if the Sec of State rigidly applies the deadline and refuses to accept results filed afterward, you can never get a manual recount requested and completed in time for the counties to timely submit their results. Accordingly, the Court could conclude that by definition, complying with a request for a manual recount constitutes good cause for accepting late-filed results, and the failure to accept such results is an abuse of discretion, particularly where there is some showing that such results could affect the election outcome. Anyway, that is my prediction for the next chapter. And with that stream of consciousness out of the way, goodnight.