On Fri, 10 Nov 2000, Ken Brown wrote:
IANAL nor even a USAn but I think your constitution says that the President is chosen by the electoral college. They can - and I assume will - choose a President with or without the representatives of Florida.
Go read the 12th. It all assumes the basic vote is valid. This is the same mistake Declan made in his (typically) self-inflating way. And then ask yourself, ok. Let's assume that the vote does go to the EC as it stands. The people in general won't have any faith in the results. Now Congress recognizes this and decides to step in per the 12th. Will this resolve the issue? No. Most people are still going to see a bad election followed by the people who managed the bad election (in principle if not practice) making the choice. Another indication of 'vote value' or lack of it. However it goes, this one is going to wake some folks up.
Floridans will get very cross. You can find copies of your country's constitution online, if you aren't near a library.
It will be more than Floridians.
Even if the candidates get together and one is a gracious loser, the trauma won't be lessened.
I'm sure it would, but it is hard to imagine them doing it.
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