Word: stated
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...does this thing end? Florida secretary of state Katherine Harris went to the state Supreme Court on Wednesday and made two requests - that all election-related lawsuits be organized and heard by state court in Leon County in Tallahassee, and that all hand recounts be stopped in the meantime. The high court hasn't even decided whether it will listen. (Follow the filings at www.flcourts.org...
...deadline held and the deadline passed, and the Florida tally is certified but not finished. And Florida's Secretary of State (and Republican) Katherine Harris is now the star of a game that now, at least, seems to have some rules...
...Tuesday night or Wednesday morning, Harris will do her duty and announce that with all counties reporting, one candidate (expected to be George W. Bush) is, in the eyes of her office, winning the state of Florida, pending the final roundup Friday. And for the rest of the week, Harris will face a legal and political quandary: What to do when a by-hand recount comes in late...
...Gore camp's legal interpretation of the ruling - still in the appeals process at the Florida Supreme Court - antitrust vet David Boies told CNN, "We look at it like the judge telling the secretary of state what the right thing to do is, and [saying] 'We assume you're going to do the right thing...
...Gore campaign says it won the ruling, based on its reading of the word "arbitrarily." With Volusia County standing in for them appeal-wise in the Florida Supreme Court over the 5 p.m. certification deadline, the message at 2:15 p.m. to eager counties from former secretary of state Warren Christopher and antitrust bigwig David Boies was, go ahead with the hand recounts. If results come in late, Boies said, Florida secretary of state Katherine Harris "has a duty to accept those reports unless she has a good reason not to." Needless to say, the Gore camp does...