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

To: Ilaine who wrote (4765)	12/4/2000 10:52:54 PM
From: Carolyn	Respond to of 6710

And i am thrilled! But am afraid of the Seminole County judge. Not the argument. The judge.

To: Ilaine who wrote (4765)	12/4/2000 10:57:40 PM
From: sandintoes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6710

I don't know, it's like after you open all of your gifts on Christmas day, and everything you want is there, but something is missing. You want that unicorn, or the fairy princess but all you get is the Hershey Bar. I want Gore to admit defeat. I want Gore to say "I"ve put my country through Hell and I'm sorry" We can be excited, but where are we?

To: Ilaine who wrote (4765)	12/4/2000 10:59:35 PM
From: TraderGreg	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6710

CB--Did I misread something in Sauls' ruling but did he not say: In order to justify a manual recount, the plaintiff must prove with high probability that the manual recount would turn the election results around. TG

To: Ilaine who wrote (4765)	12/4/2000 11:20:16 PM
From: KyrosL	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6710

CB, could the Seminole County situation become a problem for Bush? Both Democrat and Republican functionaries routinely fill absentee ballot applications and send them to the County which then turns around and sends the ballots off to the lucky voters. But this is against Florida law, which requires that only the voter or a close relative fill the application. The Counties don't go around asking the voters who filled their applications, and everybody is happy. However, in the Seminole County case, there is no deniability on the part of the county of the knowledge that the applications were not filled lawfully, since they were filled by people that were obviously not close relatives of the voters, in the very offices of the county with the permission of county officials. Under these circumstances, do you see a way that the judge can dismiss this case? Could, for example, the judge say that the law has never been enforced, and is, therefore, moot?