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Today, a Florida judge supported FL Secretary of State Katherine
Harris' decision to reject hand-counted votes submitted after the November 14 statewide county certification deadline. The judge, a Democrat, found Harris had exercised proper discretion. Governor Bush believes the way to conclude this election, in a fair, accurate and final way, is for the state of Florida to count the remaining overseas ballots, add them to the certified vote, and announce the results, as required by Florida law. Florida citizens are ready for and will accept this result, according to two new polls. According to a new Mason-Dixon poll, 71% of Floridians believe waiting to declare a winner by the end of this weekend is ACCEPTABLE, while 60% believe waiting several weeks to declare a winner is TOO LONG TO WAIT. Furthermore, according to a new NBC/WSJ poll, 81% will accept George W. Bush as winner based on the overseas absentee ballots count plus the current machine tally. ------------------- Meanwhile, the Gore campaign says they want a full, fair and accurate count, but today, the LA Times reports on how they hope to achieve their real objectives... SEASONED DEMOCRATIC ARMY HITS THE SHORES OF FLORIDA excerpts from The Los Angeles Times: "To scrounge for every last vote, Gore has flooded Fort Lauderdale with tough, seasoned Democrats, the sort who are used to keeping wafflers in line and to count and recount votes until they know exactly what it will take to outdo their opponents. Many of the hired hands speak with a Boston brogue... "Not far away, in an abandoned Payless shoe store, vanloads of AFL-CIO staffers and Gore loyalists from New York, Chicago, Nashville, Philadelphia, San Francisco and elsewhere had disembarked to learn how to observe the ballot count. "'Our goal,' said one lawyer as he patiently lectured his new charges, 'is to preserve the Al Gore vote.' The volunteers nodded. 'It's very, very important that if you see any kind of mark--a scratch, a dent, a pinprick in Al Gore's column--that you challenge.' When someone then asked what they should do if they found a Bush ballot with an indent, the lawyer said: 'Keep your lips sealed.' It was hardball that the Bostonians and other imported pros understood well." Full Article: http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/decision2000/lat_dems001117.htm _____________________________________________________________ WHY HAND COUNTS ARE FLAWED...editorials and opinions from the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and New York Times: Not by Hand http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37132-2000Nov16.html The Trouble with Hand-Counting http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=65000635 What's More Partisan: Man or Machine? http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/17/opinion/17REYN.html HOW CAN YOU HELP? FORWARD THIS MESSAGE. _____________________________________________________________ Paid for by Bush Cheney Recount http://www.georgewbush.com ============================================================================== To unsubscribe, please go here: http://www.georgewbush.com/unsubscribe.asp?email=EBASS@ENRON.COM To change your e-mail address or any other subscription information, please go here: http://www.georgewbush.com/MyGeorgeW.asp
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