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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dan who wrote (86444)	12/8/2000 9:26:56 PM
From: Tommaso	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

The constitution says the state legislature can make whoever they want electors in whatever way they choose to do it.

To: Dan who wrote (86444)	12/8/2000 9:47:58 PM
From: Jeff Leader	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

You may want to (re)read USC Title 3, Section 15. Near the very end it says, "But if the two Houses shall disagree in respect of the counting of such votes, then, and in that case, the votes of the electors whose appointment shall have been certified by the executive of the State, under the seal thereof, shall be counted." So Gore turning the Senate is not sufficient. The House and/or Jeb must support him also. This assumes that neither set of electors gets the safe harbor of section 5. The FL Supreme Court may have - and time (on Dec 12) will certainly - eliminate that safe harbor for Gore. For the curious: caselaw.lp.findlaw.com