Miami-Dade Hand Recount Contentious
The Associated Press
MIAMI (AP) - Republicans accused the Miami-Dade County canvassing board of ``manufacturing'' votes for Democrat Al Gore as the hand recount of 654,000 presidential ballots began Monday. Going beyond earlier allegations that the hand-counting process was unfair or subject to tampering, Republicans said Monday the operation was ``rigged.'' Democrats dismissed the claims as desperate spin.
Not Much Change in Palm Beach Counts
By Karin Meadows / The Associated Press
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Al Gore netted three votes from a hand recount of ballots in Palm Beach County, according to a partial tally with one-fifth of the job done. Gore's slim gain so far in the Democrat-leaning county came after 103 of 531 precincts were hand counted since Thursday night.
Judge Will Hear Absentee Ballot Suit
NewsMax.com
SANFORD, Fla. -- A judge ruled Monday she would hear a suit challenging Seminole County's absentee ballots on the grounds of alleged fraud. Democrat Harry Jacobs filed the suit Friday, claiming Supervisor of Elections Sandra Goard violated state law.
State Attorney Probes Vote in St. Pete
UPI
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (UPI) - The state attorney's office in
Democrat-dominated Pinellas County was investigating the handling of
nearly 2,000 ballots on election night. The problems were caught and
supposedly corrected during the county's recounting. The canvassing
board said they may have been counted twice -or not at all.
Tossing It All In The Spin Cycle
By Tom Brune / Newsday
West Palm Beach-Rep. Mark Foley, a Republican who represents a slice of Palm Beach County, makes regular visits to the blacktop parking lot outside the bunker housing the manual recount for one reason: to spin. A seasoned professional politician, Foley makes no apologies for the political spin he puts on every incident and every issue, but he acknowledges just how intense the situation has become: "There are more spin cycles here than in a Maytag washer."
State GOP Lawmakers: We May Have Deciding Vote
St. Petersburg Times
TALLAHASSEE -- Republican state lawmakers are homing in on an obscure,
never used federal statute that, they contend, could offer them a
decisive hand in choosing Florida's precious 25 electors if the normal
voting process somehow leaves the outcome unclear.
Florida Court Could Decide Election An AP News Analysis
By Tom Raum / The Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas -- As one of the closest presidential elections in history hangs in the balance, George W. Bush and Al Gore concentrated on seven "votes" that could decide the outcome – those of the justices of the Florida Supreme Court. The stakes – both legal and political – were enormous in Monday's courtroom showdown.
Many Wild Scenarios Can Play Out in the House
By Paul Kane / Roll Call
With the presidential race in seemingly uncharted political waters, crazy scenarios are flying fast and furious on Capitol Hill about how it will all play out. Here's a particularly wild one: The 43rd president of the United States could be decided not by the Florida courts but by the absentee and mail-in ballots in the state of Washington.
Top Democrats Advise Gore: Abide By Florida's Top Court
By Andrew Cain / The Washington Times
Vice President Al Gore faces mounting pressure from key Democrats to let Florida's Supreme Court decide the unresolved presidential election. Senior Democrats are urging a quick resolution to the election drama as two new polls point to growing impatience among the electorate.
Gore Is Already Looking Like The Loser, Say Backers
By David Usborne / Independent News
Anxiety is growing among senior Democrats that Al Gore may soon go past the point when he can realistically take Florida, and the White House, and that he risks making himself appear a loser.
Key Donors Break Ranks, Criticize Gore
By Elizabeth Shogren / Los Angeles Times
The Democrats' top donor is disappointed in Vice President Al Gore's conduct since the presidential election and believes that the candidate bears responsibility for the stalemate because he failed to give Americans a "compelling reason" to choose him.
Nasdaq Ends Below 3000; Dow Off 167
By Amy Baldwin / AP Business Writer
NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street's pessimism intensified Monday with
investors sending stocks sharply lower amid growing concerns about
earnings and the slowdown in the U.S. economy. Already downtrodden
investors saw little reason to buy given the still unresolved
presidential election and a spate of analyst downgrades of tech
companies.
'Worst Error' In History Still Haunting US Television Networks
Agence France-Presses
NEW YORK (AFP) - Two weeks after the still-undecided presidential election, US television networks are reeling from the aftershocks of the "worst error" in television history and continue to defend themselves against charges of bias.
Acceptance of Election Fraud Shows Demise
By Wes Vernon / NewsMax.com
National conservative leader Paul Weyrich, who stirred a major debate nearly two years ago when he said conservatives had lost the culture war, says the Gore campaign’s attempt to steal the presidential election proves his point. Noting that the election fraud was occurring right out in public "in an in-your-face way," Weyrich told a conservative conference in the Washington area that 20 or 40 years ago, the blatant quest for a dishonest electoral result "would have been met with an outrage" that would have forced the perpetrators to abandon the strategy.
More Desperate, More Ugly
By Thomas Sowell / Town Hall
It was only a few words among the millions that have been spewed out through the media about the presidential election, but they were among the weightiest -- and most chilling -- of these words. A front-page story in the Wall Street Journal mentioned in passing "a quiet intelligence-gathering operation" begun by the Gore camp, "checking into the backgrounds of Republican electors, with an eye toward persuading them to vote for Mr. Gore."
As The World Watches
The Washington Times
The Gore camp is urging patience, but while it affects this voice of calm, it is launching a no-holds-barred attempt to incite the public's rejection of a likely electoral victory by George W. Bush. In doing so, Mr. Gore and his staff are casting doubt on the integrity of America's democratic process and legal institutions. The world's reaction to the presidential election clearly demonstrates that Mr. Gore's attempt to effect an outcome more desirable to himself has tarnished America's democratic image abroad. The U.S. electoral process has now become a subject of ridicule and scorn, compliments of the vice president.
Complacency Can Kill
By Christopher Ruddy / NewsMax.com
As we wait for the Florida Supreme Court to issue its ruling,
Republicans are taking solace in the fact that so few votes are being generated by the Gore campaign in recounts in Palm Beach, Miami-Dade and Broward counties. One caveat: If the court allows the manual recount AND allows the local canvassing boards to have discretion and consider ballots that are indented with "pregnant and dimpled" chads, watch out!
Should We Eliminate the Electoral College?
By Oral Deckard / The Vigo Examiner
With the presidential election still undecided, the Electoral College is under greater attack than at any other time in it's history. Unfortunately, few on either side of the question understand the purpose of the Electoral College, or what it will mean if it is eliminated. This is because all on both sides of the debate were born so recently that the only federal government they can remember governed the people.
Stop The New Federal Centralized Electronic Voting
System!
By Bill Utterback / The Sierra Times
Nothing political of significance happens by accident. All major events are planned for a purpose. The question is, what is the purpose behind our current election crisis? It has nothing to do with Bush or Gore. It was decided a long time ago that Bush will be the next President. Standing Operating Procedure for the "Insiders" when they want to accomplish "A" is to create a false crisis so that the people clamor for new laws or actions which will have the hidden effect of creating "A."
Networks Carry Court Arguments
By David Bauder / AP Television Writer
NEW YORK –– Forget Judge Judy. A daytime court show with nothing less than the presidency at stake was splashed across television Monday as the networks and cable news channels covered arguments on vote recounts before the Florida Supreme Court.
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