From the AP Wires:

``While time is important, it's even more important that every vote is counted and counted accurately,'' (Al) Gore said in a brief appearance outside the White House.

Every vote. That's every vote, no just votes in counties of your choosing. If Mr. Gore is really interested in the "will of the people of Florida," and is comfortable that he really carried the state, then open all counties to equal scrutiny.

If he thinks her really won the state, what does he have to fear?

-- Buster Collins (Hiway441@aol.com), November 13, 2000

Answers

Bush doesn't want a hand recount. It may not be practical, but it might be as close to accurate as possible if all counties in Florida do a hand recount. Bush doesn't want that, though.

-- Bush has as least as much to fear (as@Gore.does), November 13, 2000.

I think this issue has been addressed a few times already. Gore has done nothing to stop anyone from recounting the whole state, but he doesn't have the money to do it all himself. Florida law allows him to select the counties he wanted recounted. He selected them. If Bush or any member of the Republican party wants to put up the money for the rest of the state, more power to them.

-- (hmm@hmm.hmm), November 13, 2000.

I just read on another forum that Florida law says a recount must be requested "either within 72 hours (of the election) OR before the vote is certified by the Secretary of State, whichever event is later".

If this is indeed the case, then of course the Bush camp won't request any hand recounting anywhere in the state unless they fall behind in the election.

-- J (Y2J@home.comm), November 13, 2000.

Candidates Raise Cash for Recount

http://hv.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=0044N7

-- (The@2000.election), November 13, 2000.

The end result of this fued in Florida may turn out to be a manual recount of the entire state, according to a LA Times article today. To that, I say let's end it.

To say that Al Gore had done nothing to prevent a manual recount of the entire state is short-sighted. The Gore camp initially poohed- poohed the notion of opening up counties other than the ones they requested, saying the Repubilicans had "missed the deadline." So as Fox News' Brit Hume put it yesterday, the Deomcracts were trying to "out manuver the Bush Camp for a win."

Broward County, on of Gore's selected counties, decided last night not to recount votes in their county. The Gore camp immediately threatened lawsuit.

So, this has got to end. The proposal being floated for a full state recount will not get us an accurate count of the "will of the people" of Florida, but it will give us a legitimate count. Though in essense we've already had that with the second mechanical recount, we all know it's simply not going to end there.

So, recount the state and abide by the results. But give a firm deadline. If you've got to pull in volunteers off the street, I don't care,. Just get it done.

-- Buster, who's fed up with politics (Hiway441@aol.com), November 14, 2000.

The end result of this fued in Florida may turn out to be a manual recount of the entire state, according to a LA Times article today.

Yes, that is the proposal. I posted an article about it here.

To say that Al Gore had done nothing to prevent a manual recount of the entire state is short-sighted. The Gore camp initially poohed- poohed the notion of opening up counties other than the ones they requested, saying the Repubilicans had "missed the deadline."

Where did they say this? I never saw any indication that they wanted to prevent recounts by the Republicans. Indeed, as the linked article points out, the Democrats think they can win Florida even on a state-wide recount so they had no reason to object to one.

-- (hmm@hmm.hmm), November 14, 2000.

The position of "missed deadlines" was argued by the Gore team in the Federal Suit.

And if the Gore team thinks they can win a state-wide recount, then let's go. But that recount does not include thrwon out ballots.

-- Buster Collins (Hiway441@aol.com), November 14, 2000.

The position of "missed deadlines" was argued by the Gore team in the Federal Suit.

The only Federal Suit I am aware of so far is the Republican suit to stop the recounts. Why would the Gore team argue anything about "missed deadlines?" Their argument was that recounts were allowable under Florida law. It had nothing to do with "missed deadlines."

And if the Gore team thinks they can win a state-wide recount, then let's go. But that recount does not include thrwon out ballots.

They're not interested in the thrown out ballots at this point. The ones they really want counted are the ones in Palm Beach with the various "hanging chads."

-- (hmm@hmm.hmm), November 14, 2000.

That goes back to my original point. The only ballots the Gore camp are interested are the ones that will give him the lead.

-- Buster Collins (Hiway441@aol.com), November 14, 2000.

And that goes back to my original point. Gore has done nothing to stop Bush from recounting any county he wanted. The Gore campaign even proposed recounting the whole state. Baker called the idea "crazy."

-- (hmm@hmm.hmm), November 15, 2000.