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

To: md1derful who wrote (113135)	12/12/2000 7:37:42 PM
From: md1derful	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Also..FEDERAL LAW provides that if a state fails to choose its electors before the deadline, "the electors may be appointed on a subsequent day in such manner as the legislature of such State may direct" subsequent day being tomorrow, when the fla senate should ratify...US Code Title 3, Sec.2 doc

To: md1derful who wrote (113135)	12/12/2000 7:52:30 PM
From: PartyTime	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Here's some interesting reading from one of your GOP colleagues: skirsch.com By the way, Gore requested a recount in four specified counties, as Florida law allowed him to do. He was entitled to this if he could prove that the results from the recount could affect the results of the election. The one sampling which each county undertood proved this to be case, that the results of the election could be changed from the recount. OK, everything fine up to this point. Gore's entitled to his recount. Florida law stipulated the recount request had to be made 72 hours after election day. So, Friday was the last day for a recount. Remember, Bush also called for a recount. Those election workers had been busy all week. On the same Friday as the recount deadline, Harris announces all the counties must have their certified votes in by Tuesday, creating an impossible task for counties of a half a million voters. Harris failed in her discretionary power, since she should have assisted the counties charged with the recounting duties. She did not, in effect, alternatively harrassing 'em. The discretionary power of the secretary of state whose office was open to receiving military ballots up to 10 days following the election? Well, she had plenty of time to both assist the recounting counties and to ascertain that all valid Florida votes were submitted. Florida law also stipulated the results from the election shall be in the secretary of state's office by the following Tuesday but that she may ignore this deadline. Since her man was in the lead, she chose to ignore athe votes and not the deadline, even though she was still accepting military absentee ballots. So the Florida Court was left with trying to interpret the following: A candidate's request for a recount could not be honored because the secretary of state failed to use proper discretion. The legislature, in effect, had passed a law allowing the recount, but included only vague language as to how to accept the results from that recount. Legislatures can't pass laws for which compliance is impossible. If the recount was impossible to complete and could only be completed under the discretion of the secretary of state, the Florida Supreme Court ruled correctly: If you're gonna offer the right to a recount, then you've got to provide reasonable time for that recount to happen. Everything else beyond this simple rule of the state high court, has been nothing less than a legal distraction on the part of the Bush team which has invoked everything, including the kitchen sink, to prevent a scenario whereby Gore could come out on top in the voting--to the point of expediting legal procedures to disable the recount, which is where we're at today. I can't imagine any professional athlete behaving in the manner George W. Bush has behaved. Professional athlete's, more than not, desire a fair game. If Bush gets his presidency, it'll forever be fouled.