CDR: Re: A successful lawsuit means Gore wins!

[Neil Johnson]

Was the Florida Ballot possibly confusing ? Yes!
Should it be redesigned for the next election? Yes!
Does it mean those people should get to re-vote ? No!

Life is unfair (a.k.a. Shit Happens). Accept the consequences. Learn from
your mistakes. Get on with your Life.

There are a lot of things in my life I'd like to do over because of
mistakes, circumstances, etc.

Do I get a chance to do them over ? Nope.

Unless they can demonstrate real fraud or negligence on the part of election
officials (refusing to give voters replacement ballots if they screw up in
the booth), the results of the recount should stand. Otherwise we will be
opening a giant can of worms.

As for Gore having more actual votes than Bush, it doesn't matter. If you're
not happy about that, push to have the Constitution amended (Good Luck!).

Neil M. Johnson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Elliott" <k-elliott at wiu.edu>
To: "Jim Choate" <ravage at EINSTEIN.ssz.com>; <cypherpunks at EINSTEIN.ssz.com>
Cc: "The Club Inferno" <hell at EINSTEIN.ssz.com>; <cliology at EINSTEIN.ssz.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 10:34 PM
Subject: Re: CDR: Re: A successful lawsuit means Gore wins!


> At 18:19 -0600 11/9/00, Jim Choate wrote:
> >This following a near impeachment.
> >
> >What happens if by the day the new president is to take his oath there is
> >still no clear winner? Even if the candidates get together and one is a
> >gracious loser, the trauma won't be lessened. There will be literaly no
> >faith in the president. What would Congress need to do in order to pass
an
> >emergency resolution that would allow the current president to stay in
> >office until the issue is resolved. Could this be a new way to get a
third
> >term? Would the vice-president (who serves when the president can't) then
> >be the next in line (assume the speaker of the house would be next if
> >memory serves)?
>
> Constitutionally, I don't think congress can do anything about it-
> they MAY pick the day he takes office (I don't recall if that date is
> in the constitution or is statutory).  If they get to pick the day,
> they might be able to get away with pushing it back for awhile, but
> even then the constition say, president shall serve 4 year term so it
> can be argued that 1 day longer than that and he's not president.
> --
>
> "As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression. In both
> instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly
> unchanged.  And it is in such twilight that we all must be most aware
> of change in the air--however slight--lest we become unwitting
> victims of the darkness."
> -- Justice William O. Douglas
> ____________________________________________________________________
> Kevin "The Cubbie" Elliott
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