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...ballots in the gray area are going to go in the Democrat's favor," said Jason P. Brinton '00-02, who heads the College Republicans. "I just think it's patently unfair to use one method of recounting in heavily Democratic counties and another for the rest of the state of Florida...
...Which brings us back to the Florida Supremes, which moved ahead, but did not rule, on a request by Palm Beach County that it clarify conflicting rulings on the recounts from Secretary of State Katherine Harris and Florida Attorney General Bob Butterworth, a Democrat. The court set a deadline for early Thursday for legal briefs in that lawsuit, and also agreed to allow the Gore campaign and Broward County to join...
...Colorado, face even bigger challenges, because the real control over foster care rests with local agencies, not state officials. Policies vary not only from state to state but also from county to county. "It's part of the Western culture to be independent," says Representative Doug Linkhart, a Colorado Democrat. "But it presents a problem, because the system is so fragmented, and too many things are going wrong because of poor communication...
...London's 36-year-old wife, Karyn, a social worker for the Israeli government, is a registered Democrat in Broward County. She received her absentee ballot on Thursday, November 2, and almost didn't send it in because she thought it was too late. But she dropped her Gore ballot in the mailbox on Sunday, November 5. "I'm really pleased that my vote made a difference," she says. "It's an overwhelming sense, especially in America where you feel very small, to now realize that my voice will be heard. It strengthens my belief in our democratic election process...
...Rabbi Menachem Raab, former dean of a Hillel Community Day School in North Miami Beach, retired to Israel two and a half years ago. A registered Democrat in Dade County, Raab voted for Gore on his absentee ballot. "It's mind-boggling, very unfathomable, that all of a sudden this vote counts," he says. "I think it's very exciting that an individual vote of people living in Israel affects the American scene." And that's a notion that's awakened even some Floridian exiles who didn't bother to cast their ballot. Suggestions in the Israeli media that legitimate...