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...Richard reminded reporters that this contest could have been started on Nov. 18 if Democrats had allowed Katherine Harris' original certification to proceed on schedule, but that Gore had made a "strategic decision" to delay it. (No myth there.) Richard promised the Bush team would work as fast as possible, but with all the trappings of a real trial - witnesses, discovery, the whole nine yards - they weren't about to surrender their rights to due process with the presidency on the line...
...civics is cool. This election has brought home how much we treasure the right to cast a ballot we can decipher and a machine that will count it. People racing to make airport connections stop for a gulp of CNN on the latest court ruling letting the hand count proceed. Look, Gore just got 53 votes in Broward! (Note to TV execs: Please reinstate the running hand-count tally.) Hey, no certification this Saturday! Bush will have to cancel the champagne and the Four Seasons ballroom. Celebrating Saturday night would be premature exuberance...
...Miami-Dade County reverses itself and decides to proceed with a full manual recount...
...Broward and Palm Beach counties ask the Florida Supreme Court if they can legally proceed with hand counts. Harris had ordered the counties not to; state attorney general Bob Butterworth (a Democrat) had advised the opposite...
...Democrats sue Broward County to go ahead with a hand count (the county had voted against doing so because of Harris' directive not to proceed...