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...federal judge yesterday rejected Gov. George W. Bush's petition to halt manual recounts of the presidential balloting in four predominately Democratic Florida counties...
Earlier in the day, however, Katherine Harris, the Republican Florida secretary of state, announced that all tallying of votes in the state must finish by 5 p.m. today. Harris' move is a major roadblock for Gore, as Democrats say three of the manual recounts that they requested are unlikely to be completed by that time...
Gore's camp has joined a lawsuit in state court to fight Harris's decision, asking that the Florida extend the deadline for the manual recounts. Former Secretary of State Warren Christopher described the deadline as "arbitrary" and intended to "frustrate the hand count...
This is the moment traders have been dreading. No, not the arrival of the GOP lawyers in federal court Monday, or the off-and-crawling manual recounts in four Gore-friendly Florida counties (though the blooming presidential uncertainty can now be declared to be adding to investors' malaise). It's something very Wall Street, though Al Gore and George W. Bush will be hearing about it all week...
...State of Florida v. itself, and Round 1 goes to Gore. The veep's manual-recount hounds in four Democratic counties are off and running after U.S. District Judge Donald Middlebrooks ruled Monday afternoon that the counts could continue over Bush lawyers' objections. Secretary of State Katherine Harris, however, insists that the Tuesday-at-5 deadline for all recounts to be done is hard and fast. Of course the hand-counters, led by Volusia County (and now, says Warren Christopher, officially assisted by the Gore campaign because the Republican Harris is biased) are suing her for an extension...