> Electors across US break traditional pro forma ritual to use electoral college to protest election
22 December 2004, 17:10
The reason so many people are confused is because of the misinformation that goes out as fact; Case in point: One writer claims that that the Supreme court ruling in Fla 2000 was all about how Democrats wanted only some of the votes recounted. While it is true that Gore 2000 wanted the heavily Democratic counties recounted, the Bush team did not want all the votes recounted either. The Supremes ruled that the Fla Supreme court ruling of a recount was invalid because all counties did not have a uniform procedure for recounting the vote. In actuality neither side was fighting for ALL OF THE VOTES to be recounted.
Another falsehood in the writer’s comments was that a later recount, funded by the newspapers, showed that Bush did win. Actually, the count showed Gore to be the actual winner. These results were released in Nov 2001, just after the twin towers came down, and the story got buried.
Why do Repugnicans fear an accurate accounting of the votes?
The reason so many people are confused is because of the misinformation that goes out as fact; Case in point: One writer claims that that the Supreme court ruling in Fla 2000 was all about how Democrats wanted only some of the votes recounted. While it is true that Gore 2000 wanted the heavily Democratic counties recounted, the Bush team did not want all the votes recounted either. The Supremes ruled that the Fla Supreme court ruling of a recount was invalid because all counties did not have a uniform procedure for recounting the vote. In actuality neither side was fighting for ALL OF THE VOTES to be recounted.
Another falsehood in the writer’s comments was that a later recount, funded by the newspapers, showed that Bush did win. Actually, the count showed Gore to be the actual winner. These results were released in Nov 2001, just after the twin towers came down, and the story got buried.
Why do Repugnicans fear an accurate accounting of the votes?