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

To: chomolungma who wrote (4178)	12/1/2000 5:26:29 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6710

>>why would the Florida Legislature need to do anything at all?<< They don't, if all the ducks are in a row (never quite understood what that meant.) I think the Florida Legislature will see what the ducks are doing before they act. Well, so here are some of the ducks: as of December 1, 2000, 1. In Leon County, Judge Sauls is holding day one of the Omnibus Hearing tomorrow starting at 9:00 a.m. December 2. The Republicans propose to call 90 witnesses. I didn't see what the judge said, I guess he'll do it on an ad hoc basis rather in advance of the hearing. Given the expedited nature of the hearing, Sauls has been bending over backwards to accommodate all parties. 2. The Florida Supreme Court dismissed Boies/Gore's petition to start the manual recount immediately. So Gore's urgent appeal to start the manual recount fell on deaf ears. Interesting. 3. On Wednesday, December 6, there will be hearings in front of Judge Clark on the filling in the blanks on the requests for absentee ballots in Seminole County and also in front of Judge Lewis on the same request with respect to Martin County. The fact that this was considered unremarkable by election officials in two counties suggests that it's the type of thing that is done as a matter of course and no one ever cared before. But given the large number of ballots, this is going to be hotly contested. 4. The Florida Supreme Court asked for briefs on the case that argues that the manual recount statute is unconstitutional. They still haven't ruled on whether they will take the case that the butterfly ballots are illegal. 5. Finally, all of these cases can be appealed, eventually, to the United States Supreme Court. Now, do you think this will all be resolved by midnight December 11? And if not, how much are you willing to bet that no one in Congress will argue that Florida's Electors can't vote unless they vote on December 18? I'll bet the traditional Hershey bar with almonds that at least one member of Congress will argue that if Florida's Electors don't vote on the 18th, then Gore wins by default because he's got the majority. Will you take that bet?