cnn reports that Palm Beach County's voting bosses just decided (Sunday) to
re-count.(isn't this the 3rd count? 1. The first machine count. 2. The
hand count that's been going on for days already. 3.This new count.) I
couldn't figure out why, exactly from reading the site. Anyway, they better
hurry up because
[[Bob Crawford, who replaced Gov. Jeb Bush as commissioner of Florida's
Canvassing Commission, said Saturday that if a county misses the state's
deadline for certifying results, the entire county's vote will be thrown
out.
"The statute is very clear that if a county's results are not to us by 5
p.m. Tuesday we shall ignore that county's vote, and the counties need to be
very aware of that," Crawford told reporters. "Candidates asking for
recounts need to be aware of that."]] quote from www.cnn.com Thanks guys.
The absolutely most chilling thing I've read about this whole mess is this
quote from this guy Crawford:
[["You've got boxes of ballots right now in Florida that will determine the
next president of the United States probably sitting in some closet in
somebody's office in some very small counties," he continued. "How long can
that go on and how long can we risk the integrity of those ballots? So we've
got to move this thing." ]]
Now me:
Q: Is this ratty cardboard box in the broom closet, garbage? Can I throw it
out?
A: Oh, that stuff..... No, not yet. That box has the ballots that will
determine the new President of the United States of America. Let's hold on
to that for a few more days.
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It's way more complicated than it was 3 days ago. I'm not gonna post every
single thing that I find interesting about this race, but the stuff above
seem like the most important 'bits' as they say in soggy England.
BTW, cnn forecasts MORE rain for London! Hang tight guys! The pictures are
depressing.
Jim
