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To: michael97123 who wrote (40665)	12/10/2000 2:10:20 PM
From: Gary Ng	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

michael, RE: Then somehow they should get the 12th deadline extended to the 14th. If the Florida legislature show some sense on Monday and vote for an extend to wait for the supreme court result so as to allow the possible recount, this saga can still be ended in a way acceptable by both parties as well as most Americans. gary

To: michael97123 who wrote (40665)	12/10/2000 4:52:26 PM
From: daryll40	Respond to of 70976

Michael, Your post implies that Florida does not give a reasonable time for an election contest to occur. This is NOT TRUE. Remember one thing: If the election had been certified ON TIME, as prescribed by the Florida law, Gore would have had more time to CONTEST the election. Instead, he WASTED much of his time as he wanted recounts in the ORIGINAL certification. It is understandable that he did not want Busy to be "certified" the winner as it's harder to prevail, in court and in the court of public opinion, if you are deemed the "loser". Nevertheless, he did just that and wasted HIS OWN time to CONTEST the certified election. The US Supreme Court should not extend the time for the contest on any grounds that Florida didn't fairly allow proper time...time was allowed but squandered in an effort to PREVENT the certification. D40

To: michael97123 who wrote (40665)	12/10/2000 9:22:55 PM
From: ratan lal	Respond to of 70976

You cant overturn the election based on a statewided recount without statewide standards. I doubt if any state has state wide counting standards. Voting is a state issue. US SC has no right to get involved unless the constitutionals rgihts of a person are involved. And I dont think that the way a state decides to count its votes is a constitutional issue. If it is, then go back and look at the other states and see how they ounted their votes and recount all accoding to some standard laid down by the US SC.