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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dan B. who wrote (98492)	12/2/2000 3:00:39 PM
From: PartyTime	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

>>>I understand that court rulings have upheld that the votes must be counted EVEN IF The numbers were left off...we'll have to see how these cases come out, as you say.<<< I think what you're saying is that there were some Republican counties, not courts, who counted them anyway. I believe the precedent of the court was and is to throw out the questionable ballots. campaignwatch.com referenced the following: >>>In a parallel case, Xavier Suarez was elected mayor of Miami in 1997 with the help of 400 absentee ballots that proved fraudulent.10 A Florida District Court later threw out all 5,000 absentee ballots in the contest, which had gone 2-to-1 for Suarez, and awarded the mayorship to Suarez’ opponent (see ruling).11 A separate 1998 court ruling granted Florida judges broad authority to invalidate elections if fraud or even unintentional error results in a flawed outcome.<<< 10) Chicago Tribute, 11/13/2000, p. 8. 11) LA Times 11/21/2000, p. A16; and LA Times, 11/13/1997, p. A5. 12) Tampa Tribune, 11/9/2000, p. 16.