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

To: TraderGreg who wrote (4632)	12/4/2000 4:53:08 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6710

You have to step back to understand my argument. The election was on 11/7/00, a Tuesday. There was an automatic machine recount. Gore then asked for preliminary manual recounts in three counties, at least three precincts amounting to 1% of the electorate in the county. He then asked for full manual recounts in those three counties. Palm Beach and Miami-Dade both had issues which delayed them doing the recounts, and that is too complicated to go into, but at any rate there were delays. The manual recounts in the three counties were on-going but it did not look as if they would be completed by the Tuesday after the election, the 14th, as required by law. The Secretary stated publicly that if she didn't get the certified results of these three counties by 5:00 p.m. on the 14th, she would not accept them. The Dems went to Judge Lewis and got an order telling her that she had to consider the reasons for the delay. She asked for explanations and then issued an order saying that she had considered the reasons and she wasn't going to accept them. The Dems went back to Judge Lewis who then said, she was within her discretion and she can certify if she wants to. The Florida Supreme Court then took jurisdiction and ordered her NOT to certify. That order is still standing. They then heard oral arguments and ordered the Secretary to accept amended county certificates up until 5:00 p.m. on the 26th, if the office was open, or at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, otherwise. The office was open, and she made the certification on Sunday night, the 26th, but it was pursuant to an order which has been vacated. Sec. Harris did not certify pursuant to the statute, it was pursuant to the Supreme Court's order and that order has been vacated and is a legal nullity.