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To: Dan B. who wrote (262314)	11/27/2005 1:47:14 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573242

"The USSC absolutely rightly ruled 7-2 that the type of recounting asked for by the Gore camp was unconstitutional, IMHO, and they damn sure had the obligation to do so in this very much federal issue." Nonsense. There isn't anything in the Constitution with respects to recounts or even elections. The relevant portion of the Constitution is as follows Article. II. Section. 1. Clause 1: The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows Clause 2: Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector. house.gov You can argue that the recount violated the intent of the Florida legislature. But the job of the FSC is to interpret Florida law and rule on it. Which they were in the process of doing when the USSC overruled them. But there is nothing, I repeat nothing, in the US Constitution that directs how delegates are chosen. They can be picked by one of the parties, or the governor, or br drawing straws, or whether or not they are related to the governor.