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To: gamesmistress who wrote (65236)	8/29/2004 12:20:07 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793883

I am watching a demonstration go by the Garden on CSPAN. Michael Moore is in the front rank. Very orderly. I think the press has really blown their cover with this election.

To: gamesmistress who wrote (65236)	8/29/2004 8:31:41 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793883

Speaking of the Military votes and the 2000 Election: CNN: cnn.com Appeals court upholds disputed military ballots in Florida election December 11, 2000 Web posted at: 3:55 PM EST (2055 GMT) ATLANTA (AP) -- An appeals court on Monday agreed with a federal judge who refused to throw out 2,400 of Florida's overseas ballots, mostly from military personnel, because they arrived after Election Day. A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the ruling by U.S. District Judge Maurice Paul in Gainesville, Florida, was consistent with recent comments by Florida's highest court about the workings of the absentee ballot law. The lawsuit brought by Democratic voters sought to eliminate enough ballots to change the election results in Vice President Al Gore's favor. Republican George W. Bush led by less than 200 votes as election challenges continued in the U.S. Supreme Court and elsewhere Monday. "While Florida law seems to favor counting ballots, this change would take away the votes of thousands of Florida citizens -- including members of America's armed forces on duty outside of the country pursuant to the nation's orders -- who, to cast their ballots, just did what they were told by Florida's election officials," the appeals court said. The appeals court rejected the claims of lawyers representing 13 individual Democratic voters whose lawsuits were combined before Paul. The lawsuits claimed that state and federal laws, along with the U.S. Constitution, require all ballots to be received by the close of the polls on Election Day.