Gore Won't Concede Even After Florida Recount
NewsMax.com
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UPI) – Democrats made it clear Thursday that Vice President Al Gore is not going to concede the presidential election to Texas Gov. George W. Bush until all legal options for recounting Florida's votes have been exhausted. As a result, it seems likely that the outcome of the presidential election may not be determined for weeks.
Overseas Service Members May Decide Who
The Next Commander In Chief Will Be
By Rick Maze / The Air Force Times
A couple of thousand overseas absentee ballots, the majority of which are expected to come from military personnel, could decide who will be the next president of the United States. All eyes are on Florida, a state that one day after the election is still unable to announce whether Vice President Al Gore or Texas Gov. George W. Bush won its crucial 25 electoral college votes. With all votes counted except the overseas absentee ballots, Bush had about a 1,784-vote lead over Gore. It is not known how many overseas ballots were cast, but in 1996 about 2,300 were received, according to the director of the Florida Division of Elections.
'Forgotten Voters' May Decide This Election
The Stars and Stripes
Nail biting over the results of the presidential election is likely to continue at least until Thursday as hundreds of overseas and absentee ballots filed in Florida, many from people in the military, are counted and then recounted. In most elections, military and absentee ballots are an afterthought to the campaigning politician. "This is one of those rare times when the forgotten voter will win an election," said Bruce Roberts, a political science professor at American University in Washington, D.C.
Motion for New Election in Florida Dismissed
CNSNews.com
A federal court in Florida dismissed Thursday an emergency motion
seeking a new presidential election in Palm Beach County. The federal
case is unrelated to a pair of lawsuits filed in the Palm Beach County
Circuit Civil Court, which also seek new elections based on alleged
confusion over the ballots used in Tuesday's election.
Forged Ballot Sparks Criminal Investigation in Florida
NewsMax.com
The discovery of forged ballots in northern Florida has set off a probe of what may have been widespread fraud in connection with absentee ballots in the state. Moreover, the suggestion has been made that the U.S. Postal Service in Miami may have been involved. According to a blockbuster story in today’s Pensacola News Journal, the Escambia County state attorney’s office is heading an investigation into whether the forgery is part of a larger scheme to redirect mailed ballots to someone other than the person for whom it was intended who then filled out the ballot and forged the real voter’s signature.
Reno Vows Election Complaint Review
By Michael J. Sniffen / The Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- Resolution of Florida's decisive vote count in the presidential election "is basically a matter of state law," Attorney General Janet Reno said Thursday. She pledged to carefully review any complaints brought to the Justice Department to see if they establish any basis for federal action, but said so far she has no reason to "jump in."
Reno Agrees To Review Request For Florida Vote Probe
Reuters
WASHINGTON -- Attorney General Janet Reno said Thursday that she would review a request for an investigation into allegations of voting irregularities in the presidential election in the decisive state of Florida. She was responding to a request from the NAACP for a Justice Department investigation into what the nation's largest civil rights organization described as "numerous election irregularities."
Existing Laws Block Ordering New Vote
By Frank J. Murray / The Washington Times
Florida case-law bars state courts from ordering a new election on grounds a ballot was confusing, and federal election law could sidetrack any attempt to change that.
Palm Beach County Delays Recount Results
Reuters
WEST PALM BEACH -- Palm Beach County will not certify its results in the U.S. presidential election until it recounts votes by machine and by hand starting Saturday, elections officials said Thursday.
Sen. Bond Charges Vote Fraud In St. Louis
UPI
ST. LOUIS -- Sen. Christopher Bond, R-Mo., Thursday charged there was widespread vote fraud in St. Louis on election night and asked the U.S. attorney and FBI to investigate.
New Mexico Undecided As 67,000 Ballots Recounted
Reuters
SANTA FE (Reuters) - New Mexico's five electoral votes in the U.S. presidential race remained undecided on Thursday because of a recount of 67,000 ballots in one county that could threaten Vice President Al Gore unofficial lead of about 10,000 votes in the state.
NH Democrats May Ask For A Bush-Gore Recount
By JOHN DiSTASO / The Union Leader
CONCORD -- With fewer than 7,300 votes unofficially separating George W. Bush and Al Gore in the Granite State, the New Hampshire Democrat Party is considering asking for a recount. State party chair Kathleen Sullivan told The Union Leader yesterday that although 7,300 votes “are a lot of votes in New Hampshire,” the roughly 1 percent Bush victory over Gore in the Granite State is small enough to consider a recount.
GOP Explores an Iowa Recount
The Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa -- State Republican Party officials are exploring the possibility of requesting a voter recount following Al Gore's razor-thin victory in Iowa. "If we think a recount, in regards to numbers or in regards to aberrations that come to our attention, that a recount would likely affect the outcome, then we would make that recommendation," said Kayne Robinson, chairman of the Republican Party of Iowa.
Gore Popular Vote Fraudulent?
By Wes Vernon / NewsMax.com
Some of Al Gore’s opposition is ready to act on charges of fraud in several states. Conservatives, fearing that any George W. Bush victory in only the Electoral College (but not the popular vote) may leave him with a weak mandate, are prepared to challenge reports of fraud wherever it appears that Democrats may have attempted chicanery at the ballot box.
Bush Aides Charge Democrats Politicize Recount
Reuters
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - As aides accused Democrats of politicizing election difficulties in Florida, Republican George W. Bush moved ahead with assembling staff and a Cabinet on Thursday in the event that he is declared president-elect.
Election Firm in Omaha Helps Count Florida Votes
By Stephen Buttry / The Omaha World-Herald
Most of the votes Al Gore and George W. Bush have picked up in Florida's recount are absentee ballots that arrived in the mail Wednesday or Thursday, an Omaha executive involved in the recount said Thursday.
Maligned Electoral College May Stop Gore
By Oral Deckard / Vigo-Examiner.com
The Electoral College has long been castigated as "no longer necessary." But historically it never was "more necessary," nor "less necessary." The purpose for it's inclusion in the Constitution for the United States remains the same, the prevention of democracy, outlawed in this country along with all forms of government but republican, by Article 4, Section 4. While the representatives of each state are elected by the people, the President of the United States is elected by the states. The votes of the people of each state determine how their state will vote, but the vote for President is cast by the state. The purpose is to prevent populous states such as California and Texas from controlling the election.
The Absentee Factor
The Washington Times
While Americans at home were closely divided between the two candidates, Americans abroad may have a critical impact in denying Al Gore the presidency. There are about 6 million Americans abroad, about half of whom are military or military dependent, and the other half of whom have other business overseas, ranging from school to venture capitalism. Their ballots had to be postmarked by Nov. 7, and have 10 days from then to reach their precincts.
If You Can't Read Ballot, You Shouldn't Be Voting
By Howie Carr / The Boston Herald
Two words for all those Florida Democrats: Shut the bleep up! Can you imagine these old-timers down there in God's waiting room, claiming they didn't know what to do with a punch ballot? If it was a bingo card, do you think they'd have had any problems? If they were playing a lottery punch card, do you think they'd have ever missed spotting a one-dollar payoff?
House Panel To Review Early Calls
By Curt Anderson / The Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- A House telecommunications panel launched an investigation Thursday into what led news organizations to prematurely call Democrat Al Gore the winner in Florida and whether that depressed voter turnout elsewhere in the country.
Cliffhanger Election Fuels Web Traffic
Editor & Publisher
During the 1996 elections, some pundits wondered if the Internet was really a viable source for election coverage. It's now safe to say the Internet is performing.
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