Word: stated
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...only this scenario were unfolding in Texas. While election law in Florida is inconclusive with regard to the inclusion of dimpled, hanging and detached chads, Lone Star State voters need only create a depression on a ballot in order for their vote to count. (Thanks, in part at least, to Governor George W. Bush, who signed the "voter intent" decree into law just a few years...
...Amazingly enough, there is a precedent for this seemingly absurd debate. In 1990, the outcome of a fiercely contested race for an Illinois House seat turned on dimpled ballots. After a recount established a tie between the candidates, the state's Supreme Court Justices personally examined 27 indented ballots and decided that eight of them "exhibited clear voter intent," a ruling that handed the race to the incumbent...
...ruled that the results of the various hand recounts must be included in Florida's overall vote tally. The counties currently conducting recounts (Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade) have until Sunday night at 5 or Monday morning at 9 to enter their new results with the secretary of state's office...
...Florida high court made no definitive ruling on whether these marks were admissible, but they did refer favorably to a 1990 ruling in which the Illinois Supreme Court stated that an indented ballot could, in some cases, be perceived as an indication of "voter intent." With a nod to the existing Florida law, however, the Court also bowed to the ultimate authority of the state legislature when it comes to the dimpled chads: "We leave that matter to the sound discretion of the body best equipped to address it - the legislature...
...setting aside dimpled ballots for review. If the Bush team can come up with a constitutional claim in their case, they could take their argument to federal court - even the U.S. Supreme Court, again assuming the Justices are interested in hearing the case, which, because it is a state matter, they may be reluctant...