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On 26 Nov 2000 00:22:17 GMT, Merlin Dorfman <dorfman@rahul.net> wrote:

>     He also stated he wants power returned from the federal
>government to the states.  Evidence?  Filing a federal suit
>on what is clearly a state matter. 

I don't think he has ever suggested that the states should be able to
exercise that power illegally.

>: What's the point of a meeting? The Republicans know that Gore is just
>: posturing for the public. Neither have the authority to change Florida
>: law anyway, so Gore's "offer" to count every county was meaningless
>: because the deadlines for such requests had passed.

Why didn't Gore come out and say that he had been poorly served by
Warren Christopher in only seeking selective recounts?

>     If Bush had accepted this solution, I'm sure the two of
>them could have prevailed on the Legislature to convene in
>special session to authorize such a recount. 

Gore could have contested the election and let the courts order a
recount.  Instead, you have a situation where he is putting political
pressure on people who didn't deliver their county strongly enough to
come up with some more votes.

>     But Florida (and Texas) law require that a ballot be counted
>if it is clear what the voter's intent was. 

That's only because Ken Yarbrough's bill, incorporated in a general
election bill, which passed unanimously out of the House Elections
Committee (Debra Danburg, chair), did not also pass the Senate during
the 1999 session.

-- 
Jim Riley