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...though the stock rebounded after Sinclair altered its broadcast. Sinclair officials claim opponents hurt their own cause. "They turned what would have been a relatively minor story in 25% of the country into a much larger story in 100% of the country," says Barry Faber, vice president and general counsel at Sinclair. "If they had just let us do the show, it would have been a minor event." --By Chris Taylor and Barbara Kiviat
...same is true for absentee ballots, which are expected to arrive in record levels this year. Florida counties such as Miami-Dade have reported dramatic increases in absentee-ballot requests (up 55%). Special counsel for California's secretary of state Tony Miller expects absentee voting to approach 40% of the state's electorate, up from 25% in 2000. Votes sent from overseas will be accepted in some states even after Election Day and as late as Nov. 17 in Alaska. Warns Colorado election attorney Sean Gallagher: "The days of being able to call the election on election night are probably...
...Baran, an election lawyer and former general counsel to the Republican National Committee, takes a more sanguine view. "Based on more than 200 years of history, the likelihood of a disputed result is 1 in 25," he says. Presidential elections are usually not that close, he notes, and even in states where the outcome is razor-thin, changing the result there may not alter the outcome of the overall election. Baran posits that this election has less potential for mayhem than we're expecting. "With all these lawyers and all this public attention and Florida fresh in their minds, everyone...
Your health is a partnership between you and your physician. It's fine to use the Internet to understand your health better, but it should never replace your doctor's counsel. --With reporting by Shahreen A. Abedin/New York...
...harrowing post-election recall of 2000, both Republicans and Democrats have more lawyers working on this election than on any ever before. When lawyers, paid advisors, volunteers and outside organizations are totaled, both Bush and Kerry camps have election law representatives numbering in the thousands. According to Bob Bauer, counsel to the Democratic National Committee, these teams of election lawyers, referred to as SWAT teams, “will have done nothing but prepare through the fall.” Republicans have prepared by creating a network of lawyers in battleground states, and augmenting them with reinforcements. The Bush-Cheney...