Word: openly
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...wishes of large contributors." Although the intent of the decision was laudable, the case failed to touch upon the heart of corruption in politics today--the prevalence of unregulated "soft money" contributions. Limiting one channel of political contributions is pointless if you're going to leave another wide open...
...seem possible." Al Cardenas, the state's GOP chairman, was frantically checking returns on a laptop that showed Bush ahead in the few precincts that had reported. Knowing that the loss of Florida could discourage Republicans from bothering to vote in Western states, where the polls were still open, Cardenas put in the first of what would be more than 20 calls that night to Florida governor Jeb Bush in Austin, Texas, who was following returns on his laptop...
...Gore was surfing the time zones, calling tiny radio stations in rural New Mexico, urging people to vote. Lieberman was working Arizona and Minnesota. Gore's geeks were hunched over their computers hunting for paths to the magic 270 electoral votes in states where the polls were still open. Once they lost New Hampshire, their eyes turned to New Mexico; if that collapsed it would come down to Oregon. Even back in New York, President Clinton had quickly concluded that with Florida, Gore had 262 electoral votes locked up. So at the moment his wife was declared the winner...
...Will we know on Dec. 18 how the electors voted? A: Probably. The Constitution says they shall submit their votes "sealed" to the president of the Senate, but generally the balloting has been quite open. We'll know for sure on Jan. 6, when Senate president Al Gore reads the results before a joint session of Congress...
...Could two opposing slates of electors "assemble" in Florida on Dec. 18, the way two slates did in the contested 1876 election? Could both send their votes sealed to Gore, the president of the Senate? Does he have a say in which one he opens? A: Well, the only electoral votes that Gore could open are ones "certified" by the governor. (This is different from state officials certifying the election.) If the governor certifies the Bush-Cheney electors and the Gore-Lieberman electors send in a rival ballot, it's ignored. The only exception here is if the Senate...