I was right again!!!!!!!

[LawyerRon]

The Florida Supreme Court ruling holds only that the hand counted votes must be included. THEY AVOID THE VOTER INTENT QUESTION ONCE AGAIN! I'M ASKING YOU FLORIDA SUPREME COURT; WHAT ABOUT THE "DIMPLED CHADS" ??

It's going to be up to the individual counties to determine what to do with the "dimpled chads" and therefore determine "voter intent".

[bob]

Sounds like my words too :)

Who do you think will be our next president?

Will Clydefo win his bets with two sets of electors from Flordia?

Everything seems to be going according to plan ;)

Oh, Al is calling to thank me - gotta go.

[stylin19]

Can the county ( Miami-Dade) submit the counts & certify a partial recount, if the full recount can't be completed by 11/26/00 @ 5:00p.m. ?

This one is over. Congratulations to already Lame-Duck President Elect Al Gore.

[w1che]

Bush has lost because the courts will not go by the law. I knew how they were going to rule. So here we go again.

[clydefo]

Reading the FCS decision makes it clear that this was really a pretty easy case to decide. They followed standard judicial rules for harmonizing conflicting laws. They were consistent with precedents in Florida and other states giving preference to election law meant to discern the will of the people. In Florida, the political unit that determines recount standards is the County. In some places it is the State. This was not an issue the court needed to address. Dimpled ballots have been an accepted standard in many places in the USA ever since these punch cards have been used. FWIW, Texas recently adopted this standard. Further, nobody’s equal protection rights are violated by recounts occurring in only a few counties; all eligible parties had ample opportunities to avail themselves of electoral law remedies. Some chose not to. What’s the beef?