Hundreds of Overseas Ballots Rejected
By Brent Kallestad / The Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Hundreds of overseas ballots were tossed out Friday as advocates for George W. Bush and Al Gore battled county-by-county into the night in the latest front of their prolonged campaign. Republicans complained of a coordinated effort by Democrats to challenge the overseas ballots, many of them from members of the military. ``The party of the man who wants to be the next commander-in-chief is trying to throw out the votes of the men and women he will be commanding,'' complained Jim Post, a Republican lawyer in Duval County, where 107 ballots were rejected.
US Appeals Court Denies Bush Request
The Associated Press
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied a request Friday by the Bush campaign to stop a hand recount of votes in Florida. The court said states have latitude in setting up elections and declined to get involved in the Florida dispute _ at least for now. Bush had asked for an emergency halt to the recounting on constitutional grounds, arguing that it treats voters differently based on where they live. The appeals court said, ``States have the primary authority to determine the manner of appointing presidential electors and to resolve most controversies concerning the appointment of electors.''
Gore Says Courts Are Election Arbiter
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Al Gore rode a yo-yo Friday from near-death court ruling to second chance, ultimately celebrating in righteous tones a Florida Supreme Court decision foiling Republican hopes that George W. Bush would be named the winner on Saturday. Gore said, ``This election is a matter that must be decided by the will of the people as expressed under the rule of law.''
Congress Investigating Possible
Challenge To Florida Electoral Votes
By Mitchell Prothero / UPI
WASHINGTON, Nov. (UPI) - Top Republicans are investigating various strategies for challenging the vote of the Electoral College after it meets next month to determine who becomes president. At the same time, some experts are questioning whether the decisive votes of Florida's 25 electors can be legally certified at all because Gov. Jeb Bush, brother of GOP presidential candidate George W. Bush, has recused himself from the election process.
Miami-Dade Agrees To Full Recount
The Associated Press
MIAMI(AP) - The Miami-Dade County Elections Commission reversed itself and voted 2-1 Friday to do a hand recount of the 654,000 ballots cast in the presidential election. It is the third South Florida county - along with Broward and Palm Beach - to decide to conduct full manual recounts of ballots cast in the Nov. 7 election. The three counties represent 1.5 million of the nearly 6 million votes cast in Florida's 67 counties.
Men Arrested for Stealing Palm Beach Ballot Machine, CNN Says
By Amy Strahan / Bloomberg
Washington (Bloomberg) - Two men were arrested yesterday for stealing a Palm Beach County voting machine and attempting to sell it online at eBay, the Cable News Network reported. A Palm Beach County election supervisor notified the Florida Department of Law Enforcement when she discovered the machine for sale, CNN said.
Florida Fans Put Rush On Reporters For Rooms
Editor & Publisher
The Hollywood Reporter -- As the fight for votes continues in Florida, another bitter battle is brewing in the Sunshine State — the fight for hotel rooms. Reporters covering the election in the state's capital will be scrambling for rooms during the weekend when thousands of out-of-town football fans show up in Tallahassee for "The Big Game" — the annual rivalry between the University of Florida and Florida State.
Federal Judiciary Has No Jurisdiction
By Nathan Anderson / The Vigo Examiner
Federal judges have no jurisdiction whatsoever over anything concerning the popular election for President of the United States. This is simply due to the fact that there are no provisions contained within the U.S. Constitution that authorize the federal government to establish a popular election for President of the United States. The Constitutionally established method for electing the chief executive of the nation, namely the electoral college system, is spelled out in Art. 2, Sec. 1 and reiterated in the twelfth amendment.
The Right to Vote, Not to Intention
By P. Andrew Sandlin / LewRockwell.com
Amid what has become both the most contested Presidential election in this century and the most grievous example of liberal vote-tampering in recent memory, Jesse Jackson last Friday was in Florida whipping up his partisan audience by claiming that the Constitution guaranteed the protection of the intent of the voters. Sorry, Jesse. I just read the relevant parts of the Constitution and didn't find any guarantee of the right to the intent of anybody's vote.
How Many Lies?
By J.B. Stone / The Sierra Times
Does the ground feel a little shaky these days? Can you make sense of the reports you hear on the TV? Is there any basis for this activity in Florida to continue? Do you sense a general queasy uneasiness all around you?
Who Cares?
By Scott Chaney / The Vigo Examiner
This has to be the thing I hoped wouldn't happen. I didn't know for sure what it was going to be, but this may indeed be it. I'm talking about the straw that breaks the status quo in how the American people view our Federal Government.
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