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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: long-gone who wrote (6433)	11/17/2000 7:46:51 AM
From: Dan B.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10042

Check it out, if Bush gets a cert., he's in. Possibly even if he doesn't. "If the electors for Bush conclude in good faith that he won the election based on the certification and other objective criteria, they should meet and vote on December 18 no matter what court order or other ruling might then be in place. Alternatively, if they fail to meet on that day, the federal statute that governs the selection of electors provides that "the electors may be appointed on a subsequent day in such a manner as the legislature of such State may direct." FYI, Republicans control both chambers of the Florida legislature by a wide margin. In either case, Congress has the final authority to count the Bush electors regardless of what any court might later rule and regardless of whether electors for Gore also meet and send their votes to Congress. Congress's power to decide the legitimate count is based in the Constitution, but some of the procedures that would govern its deliberations date back to an 1887 law passed in the wake of the Tilden/Hayes election of 1876." nationalreview.com Dan B