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<hexamine@my-deja.com> wrote in message news:8utpua$si4$1@nnrp1.deja.com...

> > Floridians in Israel
> > could cast their votes even now
> > By Naomi Segal
> >
> > JERUSALEM, Nov. 13 (JTA) � A lawyer here claims that Floridians who
live
> > in Israel may be able to make a difference in the U.S. presidential
> > election by voting now.
> >
> > Under Florida law, absentee ballots can be counted up to 10 days after
> > Nov. 7 if they are postmarked on or before Election Day.
> >
> > But Jerusalem lawyer David Baskin asserts that there may be a  loophole
in
> > the law that would make it possible for absentee voters who already
have
> > ballots to vote now. He cites a slip included with the absentee ballot
> > informing voters of the right to submit a vote after the election if,
for
> > some reason, the ballot could not be postmarked on Election Day.
> >
> > The slip reads, "Please make every effort to see that your ballot is
> > postmarked. If, however, you do not have a method to show a postmark,
and
> > your ballot is received by the November 17th deadline, it will be
counted
> > if otherwise valid."
> >
> > "I see this as a very wide statement," Baskin said. "People like  myself
> > got the ballot and held it to the last day. But other people who took
> > their ballots and probably voted, punched it out, put it aside and  lost
it
> > or never sent it in. Or people who voted had a flu on Election Day and
> > couldn't send it in.
> >
> > "Therefore," he continued, "if the ballot were to arrive by the 17th
and
> > didn't have a postmark, they could still" submit it.
> >
> > Jerusalem resident Roz Soltz, a former Floridian, knew the U.S.
> > presidential race was tight when she cast her absentee ballot this
 year �
> > but never imagined what an impact her vote would have.
> >
> > "We're delighted that every vote is going to count. I think this has
> > brought back to the American public how important it is," said Soltz,
who
> > immigrated with her husband four and a half years ago.

    Interesting concept. The Gore campaign people had their TELEMARKETING
office frantically calling Floridians in Israel getting them to send in
their LATE ballots. Trumpeting this "LOOPHOLE" discovered by Gore campaign
lawyers.  A court challenge is expected on this as well to allow the LATE
ballots in.

    Again we have Chicago MACHINE politician Mike Daley saying that under
FLORIDA LAW those votes MUST be counted! WRONG MIKEY!  Florida law is clear
they must be POSTMARKED by November 7th, AND they must have been properly
WITNESSED on November 7th or before.  Gee more another ballot box the
MACHINE can't STUFF!   Maybe Daley can get some Chicago DEAD PEOPLE to go
down to Florida and vote?