-Caveat Lector-
Certification May Not be Quick
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Certification of Florida's presidential
vote may not necessarily follow promptly after the 5 p.m. EST
Sunday deadline for county results to be filed.
Ben McKay, spokesman for Secretary of State Katherine Harris,
said Saturday that certification could be delayed for hours or
longer if legal action or ''unforeseen circumstances'' intervene.
The secretary of state's office plans to open at 8:30 a.m. Sunday
to receive and report county returns in the tight, disputed race
between Republican George W. Bush and Democrat Al Gore.
McKay has said certification by Harris and two other members of
the state canvassing commission could come as early as 6 p.m.,
one hour after the deadline for counties to file their returns.
But he cautioned Saturday that timetable could be disrupted.
''There could be an injunction ... the Legislature could take it
over,'' he said. ''It could be delayed an hour, it could be
delayed 10 hours ... There are a lot of reasons it may not
happen.''
He did not specify which parties might seek a court order to
block certification, but legal questions remain over the validity
of some recounted votes.
McKay said he expects overseas military absentee ballots that
have been counted in recent days will be included in the
certification. But, he said, ''We'll have to have the attorneys
look at the (Florida) Supreme Court decision.''
The court ordered hand recounts to continue in three south
Florida counties that were conducting them at the time, a move
that Bush is challenging before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Top officials in the Republican-controlled Legislature have also
said the Florida Supreme Court's decision went against the
state's election laws and that lawmakers may take steps to select
Florida's 25 presidential electors.
AP-NY-11-25-00 1714EST<
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