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toddh (webmaster@cableid.com) wrote:

: >: That lawsuit was an attempt to bring the process to an end in it's
: >: legally specified timeframe. And it came after at least 8 lawsuits
: >: filed on behalf of the Gore camp with the encouragement and support of
: >: Gore.
: >
: >     No, it was the first lawsuit filed in connection with this
: >election.

: No, the Bush lawsuit was a federal suit file 11/13.
: http://www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/11/13/election.president/

: A number of lawsuits were filed on behalf of Democrats prior to that,
: such as the lawsuit alleging the PB butterfly ballot was illegal and
: demanding a new county election.
: http://www.cnn.com/2000/LAW/11/10/palm.beach.controver/index.html

: "Also, in an unexpected move, an emergency lawsuit challenging Palm
: Beach County returns in the presidential election was withdrawn
: Thursday so the action could be combined with another suit to be filed
: next week in state court, attorneys said. "
: http://www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/11/09/election.president/

: The NAACP filed suit in federal court over irregularities.
: http://www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/11/09/palm.beach.votes/
: (this article also details protest rallies by Jesse Jackson, NAACP,
: and others)

: You stand corrected.

     In case you didn't know it...the NAACP is not the Democratic
Party, and the suits filed "on behalf of Democrats" were not
filed by the Democratic Party either.  Republicans, after urging
the election be kept out of the courts, were the first political
party to file suit.
    You stand corrected.