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Politics : Electoral College 2000 - Ahead of the Curve -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TraderGreg who wrote (3977)	11/29/2000 10:54:32 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 6710

>>In which case all our posts here have been non-issues as well.<< You may (or may not) have noticed that the number of posts from me have dropped off since I started watching the coverage of the Florida Legislature's special committee on C-Span. The reason is that I see that the real debate has shifted to areas where the popular media are unable, or unwilling, to follow. You don't have to have a law degree or training in constitutional law or theory to follow along, but it helps. That won't stop people from arguing about dimpled chads for centuries.

To: TraderGreg who wrote (3977)	11/29/2000 11:03:10 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6710

The hearing before the Florida Legislature's special committee will be rebroadcast on C-Span at 11:15 p.m. ET. I watched it earlier and will watch as much as I can again. About one hour is devoted to legal arguments, then two hours are devoted to public comment, which was heavily weighted to voters from Palm Beach complaining about the butterfly ballot, but mostly otherwise Democrat voters who don't want their popular vote taken away. Afterwards, there are about two hours of legal arguments from Democrat legal scholars, which I missed because I was coaching my son's moot court team. I caught the tail end, and want to catch the whole thing. As a Dem, you might want to tape it and watch it later if you can't stay up all night. I suggest fast-forwarding through the two hours of bitching from voters, but that's up to you. -g-