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...Each state shall appoint, in such a manner as the legislature thereof directs, a slate of electors...
...Scenario Three:Gore wins, but when the GOP-controlled Florida state legislature meets to appoint their slate of electors, they turn their backs on the count and decry the inclusion of the dimpled ballots as a gross misinterpretation of their own legislation. They ignore the dimpled chad-enhanced vote (remember, the Florida Supreme Court as much as handed them the right to do just that) and appoint their own slate of (Republican) electors. The legislature could also cave to the pressure of a deadlock and appoint two slates of electors, one Democrat and one Republican, and leave...
...court's reckoning, that's plenty of time for the counties to complete the counts and for the loser to contest the result before December 12, the day Florida has to pick which slate of electors to send to Washington. And well worth the wait. Legislatures are fallible - "the will of the people, not a hyper-technical reliance upon statutory provisions, should be our guiding principle in election cases" - and hand counts are supreme. "Our society has not yet gone so far as to place blind faith in machines. In almost all endeavors, including elections, humans routinely correct the errors...
...That's the day Florida has to send one slate of 25 electors or the other - Bush's or Al Gore's - to Washington to anoint one candidate as the choice of Florida voters and thus the president-elect of the United States. And the fact that these seven justices - who constantly interrupted their petitioners with questions and what-ifs - immediately started bandying the date about was a hint that the highest court in Florida has in its seven minds to do more than interpret the law. It may be looking for a grand solution...
...When is the deadline for Florida to choose its electors? A:The state must officially select its slate of 25 electors by December 12. If, however, legal challenges are still pending at that time, the Florida Legislature, which is controlled by Republicans, has the right to choose the electors on their own. With one eye on that prerogative, the Gore team is stuck in a sort of legal Catch-22: They want to exhaust all of their legal options without extending the deadlock so far as to give the Florida legislature the right to independently appoint Bush-friendly electors...