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Crimson players, still in uniform, happily greeted family and friends. Crimson coaches respectfully discussed the game with reporters and fans. Smiles outnumbered frowns...
They said the Florida court's order failed to include over-votes in the manual recount; that all ballots were recounted in some but not all counties; and that there is an "absence of a uniform, specific standard to guide the recounts...
...recount ordered by the Florida Supreme Court is unconstitutional, the majority argued, because it addressed only "undervotes," (votes not counted by the machine) and not "overvotes" (those infamous double-punched Palm Beach ballots, among others), thus violating the Equal Protection clause guaranteeing the uniform treatment of all votes cast in an election. And let's not forget that the standards for recounting differed from county to county. Furthermore, Rehnquist et al. opined, any constitutional recount would require a drastic overhaul of existing standards - not to mention a time frame allowing for judicial review and legal challenges. Such "serious work" could...
...argues convincingly for considering the so-called "deadline" in light of the ultimate goal of the election: equal protection. If votes are disregarded because the U.S. Supreme Court itself stopped the recount and declared an artificial deadline (December 12), isn't that equally unconstitutional as counting undervotes without a uniform standard...
...state high court with an a cryptic message: "Upon due consideration of the difficulties identified to this point, it is obvious that the recount cannot be conducted in compliance with the requirements of equal protection and due process without substantial additional work." That work would require the creation of uniform standards for vote counts, the Court explained, as well as time allowing judicial review of those standards. Many observers read that as an indication that there was no way to finish a recount by the December 12 "safe harbor" deadline that loomed just two hours after the court's decision...