Wednesday November 22 2:00 PM ET

Gore Challenges Miami-Dade Move to Halt Recount

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The campaign of Democrat Al Gore said on Wednesday that it would immediately seek to overturn the Miami-Dade County decision not to resume a recount of presidential ballots, a move which could jeopardize Gore's hopes for the White House.

``We were disappointed by the decision of the Miami-Dade Board of Canvassers, who had previously found there was an error in vote count that did require a manual recount. Under Florida law, once the finding is made, the recount is mandatory,'' campaign manager William Daley told reporters outside the vice president's residence in Washington.

``We will immediately be seeking an order directing the Dade County Board of Canvassers to resume the manual recount,'' he said.

Gore's hopes of catching up with Republican George W. Bush's narrow lead in Florida, the key to winning the White House, received a huge boost on Tuesday when the state's supreme court ruled that hand-counted ballots could be included if they were received by Sunday.

But then on Wednesday, election officials in Miami-Dade County, the state's largest, completely called off a recount of presidential ballots, delivering a huge blow to the Gore campaign.

-- (hmm@hmm.hmm), November 22, 2000

Answers

Of course, we want the people to be heard except when they don't agree with us.

-- Maria (anon@ymous.com), November 22, 2000.

...and...

According to CNN, Dubya has just authorized his lawyers to file an appeal with the Supreme Court (THE Supreme Court, that is)...

-- I'm Here, I'm There (I'm Everywhere@so.beware), November 22, 2000.

I'm here:

I saw that, but I just don't "get it." It sounds to me like the suit is the same one that the Federal Supreme Court rejected before: "Stop the handcounts!" They've also asked that this new suit be consolidated with their still pending suit.

-- Anita (Anita_S3@hotmail.com), November 22, 2000.

I agree Anita.

I don't think THE Supreme Court will hear any of this. It is truly up to the states to decide.

-- Maria (anon@ymous.com), November 22, 2000.

I agree with both of you. This doesn't seem to be something that the Supreme Court would even bother with. But then, you just never know...

-- I'm Here, I'm There (I'm Everywhere@so.beware), November 22, 2000.

...and, let's face it, the appeal DOES kill some more time on the clock, doesn't it?

-- I'm Here, I'm There (I'm Everywhere@so.beware), November 22, 2000.

Sore Loserman 2000

-- nothere nothere (notherethere@hotmail.com), November 22, 2000.

Who does the Gore team seek to overturn the Miami-Dade decision not to count votes? The State Supreme Court, maybe?

So in other words, the Gore team wants the State Supreme Court to overrule it's own decision that is less than 48 hours old. Funny.

-- Buster Collins (Hiway441@aol.com), November 22, 2000.

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-- Sore Loserman 2000 (foo@bar.com), December 16, 2000.