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To: DebtBomb who wrote (22508)	11/21/2000 9:38:04 PM
From: Mike E.	Respond to of 49816

(REUTERS) WRAPUP 6-U.S. awaiting Fla. Supreme Court ruling (Updates unofficial vote counts, adds Jeb Bush, Rep. senators letter about military votes) By Paul Simao TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Nov 21 (Reuters) - Florida's Supreme Court on Tuesday ratcheted up the suspense for Americans who have been waiting two weeks to find out who their next president will be, deliberating late into the night over disputed ballots in Florida. A court marshal told reporters at 9:16 p.m. (0216 GMT) that the court would announce a ruling in 30 minutes. Three heavily Democratic counties in Florida pressed on with hand recounts of votes from the Nov. 7 election, but the figures provided no immediate assurance for Vice President Al Gore that he would gain the 931 extra votes he needs to beat Republican George W. Bush in the state. Unofficial results from the hand recounts have so far yielded about 270 extra votes for Gore, fewer than his campaign had predicted on the basis of sample recounts last week, but the counting still has some way to go. With Florida and its 25 Electoral College votes the prize that will determine which man wins the White House, both parties filed still more lawsuits on Tuesday over what standards to use in deciding whether to count or disqualify punch card ballots. PRESSURE MOUNTS AS THANKSGIVING NEARS A political source in Tallahassee said that if the court ruled out the recounts, Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris would certify Bush as the winner within two hours. Democrats say manual counts are the only way to register votes missed in the original machine tallies, but Republicans say the hand counts are open to abuse and the results should be ignored because they missed a Nov. 14 deadline for election returns. Lawyers for Bush on Tuesday filed with the Supreme Court an addendum to the case they made on Monday, arguing that the court had no standing to address the issue of how to interpret the marks on the ballots. Democrats have argued that local election officials should count ballots with "dimpled," "pregnant" and "hanging" chads -- the tiny piece of paper that a voter is supposed to punch out of a hole but which is sometimes left partially attached. Lawsuits seeking clarification of how to read ballots that are not fully punched were also brought in two of the three counties doing recounts, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach. About 1.7 million votes out of the 6 million cast in Florida are at stake Miami-Dade, Palm Beach and Broward counties. Broward officials said they had nearly finished counting regular ballots and were about to start on 50,000 absentee votes. Gore had gained 115 votes. In Miami-Dade, the most populous county, Gore had a net gain of 157 votes after about a quarter of the ballots had been recounted. In Palm Beach, neither candidate had picked up a significant advantage from the manual recount. Republicans also pressed their case to reverse the disqualifications of hundreds of absentee ballots from overseas military personnel, a move that could produce votes for Bush. Two Republicans who head subcommittees of the Senate Armed Services Committee urged Defense Secretary William Cohen to ensure that ballots sent in by military personnel overseas were counted in the presidential election. "We are profoundly concerned that hundreds of servicemen and women serving overseas on active duty may be disenfranchised because the Department of Defense failed to observe its own mailing handling regulations," senators Tim Hutchinson of Arkansas and Pat Roberts of Kansas said in a letter to Cohen. Bush's younger brother Jeb, the governor of Florida, told reporters that although there was no constitutional crisis, he was concerned that the perceived instability could reverberate abroad. Bush said his brother was "in good spirits, more patient than I thought he might be." As he headed into the Texas State Capitol for work on Tuesday morning, George W. Bush ignored questions about the recount. "Good morning everybody," he told reporters. "It's good to see everybody. It's a pleasure to see you all as always." There was no word from the vice president, who was in Washington. At the White House, spokesman Jake Siewert said President Bill Clinton had directed his staff to do everything possible to ease the transition for whoever wins after the protracted post-election wrangling. The weeks after the election are usually the time to nominate cabinet members, fill thousands of other jobs and refine administration plans for the first few months. World leaders were watching the protracted saga. In Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin told a news conference with British Prime Minister Tony Blair they had discussed "this very important issue" over a beer. ((Anton Ferreira, Miami buro, +1 305 539-2696)) REUTERS * end of story *

To: DebtBomb who wrote (22508)	11/21/2000 9:38:05 PM
From: Mike E.	Respond to of 49816

(REUTERS) WRAPUP 6-U.S. awaiting Fla. Supreme Court ruling (Updates unofficial vote counts, adds Jeb Bush, Rep. senators letter about military votes) By Paul Simao TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Nov 21 (Reuters) - Florida's Supreme Court on Tuesday ratcheted up the suspense for Americans who have been waiting two weeks to find out who their next president will be, deliberating late into the night over disputed ballots in Florida. A court marshal told reporters at 9:16 p.m. (0216 GMT) that the court would announce a ruling in 30 minutes. Three heavily Democratic counties in Florida pressed on with hand recounts of votes from the Nov. 7 election, but the figures provided no immediate assurance for Vice President Al Gore that he would gain the 931 extra votes he needs to beat Republican George W. Bush in the state. Unofficial results from the hand recounts have so far yielded about 270 extra votes for Gore, fewer than his campaign had predicted on the basis of sample recounts last week, but the counting still has some way to go. With Florida and its 25 Electoral College votes the prize that will determine which man wins the White House, both parties filed still more lawsuits on Tuesday over what standards to use in deciding whether to count or disqualify punch card ballots. PRESSURE MOUNTS AS THANKSGIVING NEARS A political source in Tallahassee said that if the court ruled out the recounts, Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris would certify Bush as the winner within two hours. Democrats say manual counts are the only way to register votes missed in the original machine tallies, but Republicans say the hand counts are open to abuse and the results should be ignored because they missed a Nov. 14 deadline for election returns. Lawyers for Bush on Tuesday filed with the Supreme Court an addendum to the case they made on Monday, arguing that the court had no standing to address the issue of how to interpret the marks on the ballots. Democrats have argued that local election officials should count ballots with "dimpled," "pregnant" and "hanging" chads -- the tiny piece of paper that a voter is supposed to punch out of a hole but which is sometimes left partially attached. Lawsuits seeking clarification of how to read ballots that are not fully punched were also brought in two of the three counties doing recounts, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach. About 1.7 million votes out of the 6 million cast in Florida are at stake Miami-Dade, Palm Beach and Broward counties. Broward officials said they had nearly finished counting regular ballots and were about to start on 50,000 absentee votes. Gore had gained 115 votes. In Miami-Dade, the most populous county, Gore had a net gain of 157 votes after about a quarter of the ballots had been recounted. In Palm Beach, neither candidate had picked up a significant advantage from the manual recount. Republicans also pressed their case to reverse the disqualifications of hundreds of absentee ballots from overseas military personnel, a move that could produce votes for Bush. Two Republicans who head subcommittees of the Senate Armed Services Committee urged Defense Secretary William Cohen to ensure that ballots sent in by military personnel overseas were counted in the presidential election. "We are profoundly concerned that hundreds of servicemen and women serving overseas on active duty may be disenfranchised because the Department of Defense failed to observe its own mailing handling regulations," senators Tim Hutchinson of Arkansas and Pat Roberts of Kansas said in a letter to Cohen. Bush's younger brother Jeb, the governor of Florida, told reporters that although there was no constitutional crisis, he was concerned that the perceived instability could reverberate abroad. Bush said his brother was "in good spirits, more patient than I thought he might be." As he headed into the Texas State Capitol for work on Tuesday morning, George W. Bush ignored questions about the recount. "Good morning everybody," he told reporters. "It's good to see everybody. It's a pleasure to see you all as always." There was no word from the vice president, who was in Washington. At the White House, spokesman Jake Siewert said President Bill Clinton had directed his staff to do everything possible to ease the transition for whoever wins after the protracted post-election wrangling. The weeks after the election are usually the time to nominate cabinet members, fill thousands of other jobs and refine administration plans for the first few months. World leaders were watching the protracted saga. In Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin told a news conference with British Prime Minister Tony Blair they had discussed "this very important issue" over a beer. ((Anton Ferreira, Miami buro, +1 305 539-2696)) REUTERS * end of story *

To: DebtBomb who wrote (22508)	11/21/2000 9:38:06 PM
From: Mike E.	Respond to of 49816

(REUTERS) WRAPUP 6-U.S. awaiting Fla. Supreme Court ruling WRAPUP 6-U.S. awaiting Fla. Supreme Court ruling (Updates unofficial vote counts, adds Jeb Bush, Rep. senators letter about military votes) By Paul Simao TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Nov 21 (Reuters) - Florida's Supreme Court on Tuesday ratcheted up the suspense for Americans who have been waiting two weeks to find out who their next president will be, deliberating late into the night over disputed ballots in Florida. A court marshal told reporters at 9:16 p.m. (0216 GMT) that the court would announce a ruling in 30 minutes. Three heavily Democratic counties in Florida pressed on with hand recounts of votes from the Nov. 7 election, but the figures provided no immediate assurance for Vice President Al Gore that he would gain the 931 extra votes he needs to beat Republican George W. Bush in the state. Unofficial results from the hand recounts have so far yielded about 270 extra votes for Gore, fewer than his campaign had predicted on the basis of sample recounts last week, but the counting still has some way to go. With Florida and its 25 Electoral College votes the prize that will determine which man wins the White House, both parties filed still more lawsuits on Tuesday over what standards to use in deciding whether to count or disqualify punch card ballots. PRESSURE MOUNTS AS THANKSGIVING NEARS A political source in Tallahassee said that if the court ruled out the recounts, Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris would certify Bush as the winner within two hours. Democrats say manual counts are the only way to register votes missed in the original machine tallies, but Republicans say the hand counts are open to abuse and the results should be ignored because they missed a Nov. 14 deadline for election returns. Lawyers for Bush on Tuesday filed with the Supreme Court an addendum to the case they made on Monday, arguing that the court had no standing to address the issue of how to interpret the marks on the ballots. Democrats have argued that local election officials should count ballots with "dimpled," "pregnant" and "hanging" chads -- the tiny piece of paper that a voter is supposed to punch out of a hole but which is sometimes left partially attached. Lawsuits seeking clarification of how to read ballots that are not fully punched were also brought in two of the three counties doing recounts, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach. About 1.7 million votes out of the 6 million cast in Florida are at stake Miami-Dade, Palm Beach and Broward counties. Broward officials said they had nearly finished counting regular ballots and were about to start on 50,000 absentee votes. Gore had gained 115 votes. In Miami-Dade, the most populous county, Gore had a net gain of 157 votes after about a quarter of the ballots had been recounted. In Palm Beach, neither candidate had picked up a significant advantage from the manual recount. Republicans also pressed their case to reverse the disqualifications of hundreds of absentee ballots from overseas military personnel, a move that could produce votes for Bush. Two Republicans who head subcommittees of the Senate Armed Services Committee urged Defense Secretary William Cohen to ensure that ballots sent in by military personnel overseas were counted in the presidential election. "We are profoundly concerned that hundreds of servicemen and women serving overseas on active duty may be disenfranchised because the Department of Defense failed to observe its own mailing handling regulations," senators Tim Hutchinson of Arkansas and Pat Roberts of Kansas said in a letter to Cohen. Bush's younger brother Jeb, the governor of Florida, told reporters that although there was no constitutional crisis, he was concerned that the perceived instability could reverberate abroad. Bush said his brother was "in good spirits, more patient than I thought he might be." As he headed into the Texas State Capitol for work on Tuesday morning, George W. Bush ignored questions about the recount. "Good morning everybody," he told reporters. "It's good to see everybody. It's a pleasure to see you all as always." There was no word from the vice president, who was in Washington. At the White House, spokesman Jake Siewert said President Bill Clinton had directed his staff to do everything possible to ease the transition for whoever wins after the protracted post-election wrangling. The weeks after the election are usually the time to nominate cabinet members, fill thousands of other jobs and refine administration plans for the first few months. World leaders were watching the protracted saga. In Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin told a news conference with British Prime Minister Tony Blair they had discussed "this very important issue" over a beer. ((Anton Ferreira, Miami buro, +1 305 539-2696)) REUTERS * end of story *

To: DebtBomb who wrote (22508)	11/21/2000 9:38:53 PM
From: Mike E.	Respond to of 49816

(REUTERS) WRAPUP 6-U.S. awaiting Fla. Supreme Court ruling (Updates unofficial vote counts, adds Jeb Bush, Rep. senators letter about military votes) By Paul Simao TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Nov 21 (Reuters) - Florida's Supreme Court on Tuesday ratcheted up the suspense for Americans who have been waiting two weeks to find out who their next president will be, deliberating late into the night over disputed ballots in Florida. A court marshal told reporters at 9:16 p.m. (0216 GMT) that the court would announce a ruling in 30 minutes. Three heavily Democratic counties in Florida pressed on with hand recounts of votes from the Nov. 7 election, but the figures provided no immediate assurance for Vice President Al Gore that he would gain the 931 extra votes he needs to beat Republican George W. Bush in the state. Unofficial results from the hand recounts have so far yielded about 270 extra votes for Gore, fewer than his campaign had predicted on the basis of sample recounts last week, but the counting still has some way to go. With Florida and its 25 Electoral College votes the prize that will determine which man wins the White House, both parties filed still more lawsuits on Tuesday over what standards to use in deciding whether to count or disqualify punch card ballots. PRESSURE MOUNTS AS THANKSGIVING NEARS A political source in Tallahassee said that if the court ruled out the recounts, Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris would certify Bush as the winner within two hours. Democrats say manual counts are the only way to register votes missed in the original machine tallies, but Republicans say the hand counts are open to abuse and the results should be ignored because they missed a Nov. 14 deadline for election returns. Lawyers for Bush on Tuesday filed with the Supreme Court an addendum to the case they made on Monday, arguing that the court had no standing to address the issue of how to interpret the marks on the ballots. Democrats have argued that local election officials should count ballots with "dimpled," "pregnant" and "hanging" chads -- the tiny piece of paper that a voter is supposed to punch out of a hole but which is sometimes left partially attached. Lawsuits seeking clarification of how to read ballots that are not fully punched were also brought in two of the three counties doing recounts, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach. About 1.7 million votes out of the 6 million cast in Florida are at stake Miami-Dade, Palm Beach and Broward counties. Broward officials said they had nearly finished counting regular ballots and were about to start on 50,000 absentee votes. Gore had gained 115 votes. In Miami-Dade, the most populous county, Gore had a net gain of 157 votes after about a quarter of the ballots had been recounted. In Palm Beach, neither candidate had picked up a significant advantage from the manual recount. Republicans also pressed their case to reverse the disqualifications of hundreds of absentee ballots from overseas military personnel, a move that could produce votes for Bush. Two Republicans who head subcommittees of the Senate Armed Services Committee urged Defense Secretary William Cohen to ensure that ballots sent in by military personnel overseas were counted in the presidential election. "We are profoundly concerned that hundreds of servicemen and women serving overseas on active duty may be disenfranchised because the Department of Defense failed to observe its own mailing handling regulations," senators Tim Hutchinson of Arkansas and Pat Roberts of Kansas said in a letter to Cohen. Bush's younger brother Jeb, the governor of Florida, told reporters that although there was no constitutional crisis, he was concerned that the perceived instability could reverberate abroad. Bush said his brother was "in good spirits, more patient than I thought he might be." As he headed into the Texas State Capitol for work on Tuesday morning, George W. Bush ignored questions about the recount. "Good morning everybody," he told reporters. "It's good to see everybody. It's a pleasure to see you all as always." There was no word from the vice president, who was in Washington. At the White House, spokesman Jake Siewert said President Bill Clinton had directed his staff to do everything possible to ease the transition for whoever wins after the protracted post-election wrangling. The weeks after the election are usually the time to nominate cabinet members, fill thousands of other jobs and refine administration plans for the first few months. World leaders were watching the protracted saga. In Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin told a news conference with British Prime Minister Tony Blair they had discussed "this very important issue" over a beer. ((Anton Ferreira, Miami buro, +1 305 539-2696)) REUTERS * end of story *

To: DebtBomb who wrote (22508)	11/21/2000 9:39:54 PM
From: Mike E.	Respond to of 49816

(REUTERS) WRAPUP 6-U.S. awaiting Fla. Supreme Court ruling (Updates unofficial vote counts, adds Jeb Bush, Rep. senators letter about military votes) By Paul Simao TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Nov 21 (Reuters) - Florida's Supreme Court on Tuesday ratcheted up the suspense for Americans who have been waiting two weeks to find out who their next president will be, deliberating late into the night over disputed ballots in Florida. A court marshal told reporters at 9:16 p.m. (0216 GMT) that the court would announce a ruling in 30 minutes. Three heavily Democratic counties in Florida pressed on with hand recounts of votes from the Nov. 7 election, but the figures provided no immediate assurance for Vice President Al Gore that he would gain the 931 extra votes he needs to beat Republican George W. Bush in the state. Unofficial results from the hand recounts have so far yielded about 270 extra votes for Gore, fewer than his campaign had predicted on the basis of sample recounts last week, but the counting still has some way to go. With Florida and its 25 Electoral College votes the prize that will determine which man wins the White House, both parties filed still more lawsuits on Tuesday over what standards to use in deciding whether to count or disqualify punch card ballots. PRESSURE MOUNTS AS THANKSGIVING NEARS A political source in Tallahassee said that if the court ruled out the recounts, Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris would certify Bush as the winner within two hours. Democrats say manual counts are the only way to register votes missed in the original machine tallies, but Republicans say the hand counts are open to abuse and the results should be ignored because they missed a Nov. 14 deadline for election returns. Lawyers for Bush on Tuesday filed with the Supreme Court an addendum to the case they made on Monday, arguing that the court had no standing to address the issue of how to interpret the marks on the ballots. Democrats have argued that local election officials should count ballots with "dimpled," "pregnant" and "hanging" chads -- the tiny piece of paper that a voter is supposed to punch out of a hole but which is sometimes left partially attached. Lawsuits seeking clarification of how to read ballots that are not fully punched were also brought in two of the three counties doing recounts, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach. About 1.7 million votes out of the 6 million cast in Florida are at stake Miami-Dade, Palm Beach and Broward counties. Broward officials said they had nearly finished counting regular ballots and were about to start on 50,000 absentee votes. Gore had gained 115 votes. In Miami-Dade, the most populous county, Gore had a net gain of 157 votes after about a quarter of the ballots had been recounted. In Palm Beach, neither candidate had picked up a significant advantage from the manual recount. Republicans also pressed their case to reverse the disqualifications of hundreds of absentee ballots from overseas military personnel, a move that could produce votes for Bush. Two Republicans who head subcommittees of the Senate Armed Services Committee urged Defense Secretary William Cohen to ensure that ballots sent in by military personnel overseas were counted in the presidential election. "We are profoundly concerned that hundreds of servicemen and women serving overseas on active duty may be disenfranchised because the Department of Defense failed to observe its own mailing handling regulations," senators Tim Hutchinson of Arkansas and Pat Roberts of Kansas said in a letter to Cohen. Bush's younger brother Jeb, the governor of Florida, told reporters that although there was no constitutional crisis, he was concerned that the perceived instability could reverberate abroad. Bush said his brother was "in good spirits, more patient than I thought he might be." As he headed into the Texas State Capitol for work on Tuesday morning, George W. Bush ignored questions about the recount. "Good morning everybody," he told reporters. "It's good to see everybody. It's a pleasure to see you all as always." There was no word from the vice president, who was in Washington. At the White House, spokesman Jake Siewert said President Bill Clinton had directed his staff to do everything possible to ease the transition for whoever wins after the protracted post-election wrangling. The weeks after the election are usually the time to nominate cabinet members, fill thousands of other jobs and refine administration plans for the first few months. World leaders were watching the protracted saga. In Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin told a news conference with British Prime Minister Tony Blair they had discussed "this very important issue" over a beer. ((Anton Ferreira, Miami buro, +1 305 539-2696)) REUTERS * end of story *