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Politics : Why is Gore Trying to Steal the Presidency? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Carolyn who wrote (1639)	11/20/2000 6:57:26 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 3887

Probably:-( ************************************* Bush Raises $4.6M for Legal Appeals By JONATHAN D. SALANT .c The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - George W. Bush has raised $4.6 million to pay his campaign's Florida legal fees as the recount in the Sunshine State continues. Bush spokeswoman Mindy Tucker said Monday that the campaign has received more than 15,900 contributions, with an average donation of $290. ``A lot of people out there understand what an important effort this is,'' Tucker said. ``They are also becoming increasingly frustrated by what they're seeing in Florida with these hand counts. They want to give us the resources to make sure that this is a fair, accurate and final count.'' Campaign officials initially set a fund-raising goal of $3 million, but Tucker said they have continued to raise money as the vote-counting deadlock goes on. The home page of Bush's Web site has a plea for contributions. ``We want to make sure we have the resources we need to be effective,'' Tucker said. Both campaigns are raising money to pay costs of their legal teams in the battle in Florida over whether ballots can be hand counted to determine the winner of the Sunshine State's 25 electoral votes and, with them, the presidency. Under federal law, there are no limits to the size of the donations and the parties do not have to identify their contributors. Corporate and union contributions are prohibited. The Bush campaign is voluntarily limiting contributions to no more than $5,000 and posting the names of its donors on its Web site. The Gore campaign is not limiting the size of its donations but also plans to report the names of its contributors. Gore spokesman Chris Lehane said the campaign met its initial $3 million target and has not raised any more money since then. ``If there is a need to raise additional funds, we will do so,'' Lehane said. ``There has been no shortage of support.'' On the Net: Bush campaign site: www.georgewbush.com AP-NY-11-20-00 1849EST