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

To: Dan B. who wrote (6710)	11/19/2000 3:58:12 AM
From: Math Junkie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10042

I don't claim that everyone with a party affiliation should be disqualified from making decisions affecting the election. But it's obvious that campaign chairpersons are hardly in a position to be impartial about decisions affecting their own campaigns. As for following the law, she picked and chose which laws she wanted to follow. To some extent, this was not her fault, because of the contradictions written into the laws. 102.111 says late returns "shall" be ignored. 102.112 says they "may" be ignored. The circuit court said she has discretion to accept late returns. 102.166 gives parties the right to request manual recounts, yet the deadline in the first two statutes cited above makes this virtually impossible in larger counties. If you doubt this, consider the fact that the law allows parties to request a manual recount at any time prior to the county's return being certified, or 3 days after the election, whichever is later. If the canvassing board grants the request, then it specifies that there will be an initial recount to sample 1% or more of the votes. Then the canvassing board has to look at the results and decide whether a manual recount of the whole county is justified. Only after all that is done can a county-wide manual recount begin. When you consider that it is doubtful whether Palm Beach and Miami-Dade Counties will be able to complete their recounts within seven days of finally getting started, the ridiculousness of the Florida election laws becomes apparent. What a mess. Yeah, real clear cut. Give me a break! leg.state.fl.us