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

To: david james who wrote (7624)	11/26/2000 11:22:33 PM
From: pat mudge	Respond to of 10042

At the same time, they may well uphold the second law that allows the Democrats to ask for a recount - and contest the election. In that case, we may see that Dade County will be asked to continue with their hand count, and if the election comes out different, overturn the certification. If this were to happen, Bush would have two choices: contest the result or do what he's asking Gore to do and gracefully bow out. His accepting the certified count as the end of the affair seems like a bold move considering the deadline was established to allow time for a contest. No surprises in the script till this. And I have to wonder if his advisors tried to explain how it works: "Look GW, the whole reason for the deadline is to give each side time to contest the results before Dec. 12. Today's certification is one stage in the process. It's a marker, a chip that's not real till you turn it in at the end of the game. . . . " Pat

To: david james who wrote (7624)	11/26/2000 11:28:50 PM
From: Sig	Respond to of 10042

>>>I am not a lawyer>>> Am glad to hear that(G) >>> The U.S. Supreme Court might well uphold the first law that Katherine Harris was allowed to certify the election the first time round.>>>> I hope so, there appeared to be no machine failures or graft etc with a standard alloted week to recount if results were too close. >>>> At the same time, they may well uphold the second law that allows the Democrats to ask for a recount - and contest the election. In that case, we may see that Dade County will be asked to continue with their hand count, and if the election comes out different, overturn the certification.>>>> Well, I guess they could continue counting if someone wants to pay the cost and they have a legal right to mess father with the ballots. But nothing less than a complete manual recount would be considered by the SOS, and time would expire long completion. Plentiful reasons are being discussed as to why there was is an established legal date for certification. The Fla Supreme court gave the plaintiff an exceptional extended time upon their complaint that 7 days was not enough. How can a nationwide election be conducted if each State or County were allowed an uncertain certification date? Sig