Word: electorate
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...very likely to file an emergency appeal to the United States Supreme Court, where the nine Justices might or might not accept the case. In the meantime, in the event of a Gore victory, there would likely be a mad rush of vote counting before the December 12 elector-selection deadline. A Gore loss here, however, could be the beginning of the end: The vice president has indicated he might not appeal if he loses in Florida's high court (though it's not clear if he means this case or other actions, such as the Seminole County case, which...
...accurate count," he says. "I don't know about Gore as a campaigner, but here he has been reflective, thoughtful and searching for the right thing to do. I was surprised when he announced Tuesday night he was giving up any thought of changing an elector's vote. If this were simply up to me as a lawyer, I wouldn't give up anything...
...Perhaps the Florida legislature will read into the ruling a veiled signal from SCOTUS that the standard for messing with state lawmakers is pretty high. They may be further emboldened to use a special session to loudly anoint their own winner before the Dec. 12 elector-designation deadline...
...Besides the "in such a manner as the legislature thereof directs" passage in the U.S. Constitution, an 1845 federal law gives state legislatures the power to choose the method of elector appointment if the state "has failed to make a choice on the day provided by law." Republicans argue that that day was November 7, and with the electorate still undecided, the Dec. 12 deadline is in danger from Gore's lawyers. Democrats argue that the voters did choose on Nov. 7, and we just don't know what the choice...
...lieu of a constitutional amendment, congressional legislation may be able to do the job. Article II of the Constitution says that "Congress may determine the time of choosing the Electors and the day on which they shall give their votes." Proponents of reform say that Congress could pass a law requiring that electors be chosen on Election Day and also give their votes on Election Day. That would leave the states with no avenue but to consider each individual voter to be a fraction of an elector...