-Caveat Lector- http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2000/11/10/160117.shtml Breaking: GOP Mulls Suit to Stop Hand Recount NewsMax.com Saturday, Nov. 11, 2000 12:02 a.m. EST NewsMax.com has learned from high-level Bush campaign officials that the Republican Party in Florida is planning to file a lawsuit to stop any hand recount of votes that is planned over the next several days in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties. But hand counts were already taking place, CNSNews.com said Friday. According to the Florida Department of State - Division of Elections' Web site, there were "hand counts being conducted in some Florida counties at this time. These results are not 'official' until all 67 counties have certified their results to the Division of Elections. The deadline for official certification is November 14, 2000," CNSNews.com reported. The division's Web site adds that "overseas absentee ballots postmarked no later than November 7th and received within 10 days (November 17th) from the date of the election will also be counted and certified to the Division of Elections." Confirmed by Associated Press Bush gave adviser James A. Baker III authority Friday night to seek a court order stopping Gore's campaign from securing manual recounts of contested ballots in Florida, the Associated Press confirmed late Friday. According to AP: In a late-night conference call Friday, Bush gave Baker, a former secretary of state who is protecting the Texas governor's interests in Florida, authority to seek an injunction barring the manual recounts, according to GOP officials involved in the discussions. The officials said it was likely the injunction would be sought, but stressed that it was Baker's call. The action, though tentative, reveals the Bush campaign's concern that a widespread manual recount could erase his slim lead over Gore and perhaps force Bush to seek recounts of his own in Florida and other close-voting states. Baker had said earlier that he was prepared to ``vigorously fight'' the manual recounts because they open the process to mistakes and fraud that are avoided by machine counts. To buy some time, Gore's lawyers asked the state's Republican secretary of state late Friday to defer certification of the results until the manual recounts are complete. The recounts could drag on, though canvassing board members face fines of $200 a day after Tuesday. Republicans were getting into the act: At Bush's request, Palm Beach County officials will perform a mechanical recount today of all ballots while conducting a separate recount by hand for Gore, the AP said. Read more on this subject in related Hot Topics: <snip> ================================================================= Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends ================================================================= <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
