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GOP GOES TO WAR OVER MILITARY VOTES
Sunday,November 19,2000
By DEBORAH ORIN
Led by Gulf War commander Norman Schwarzkopf, allies of George W.
Bush angrily accused Team Gore yesterday of "going to war"
against overseas ballots from U.S. troops.
Schwarzkopf, in a statement, said it was sad that troops "facing
danger on a daily basis" were denied the right to vote "because
of some technicality out of their control."
Montana Gov. Marc Racicot, speaking for Bush, charged: "The vice
president's lawyers have gone to war against the men and women
who serve in our Armed Forces in an effort to win at any cost."
He estimated that 900 to 1,100 military ballots - and possibly as
many as 1,400, according to some reports - were disqualified on
Democratic challenges over issues like the lack of a dated
postmark.
Gore aides deny deliberately challenging troops, but Gore
spokesman Doug Hattaway said the vice president's campaign is
"happy" that Bush didn't get as many votes from overseas ballots
as he'd expected.
"Gov. Bush did not receive the number of votes he expected to
receive in the overseas ballots, and we expect to make up the
difference in [hand counts] in South Florida," Hattaway said.
The overseas ballots went nearly 2-1 for Bush, more than tripling
his lead from 300 to 931.
Some independent analysts voiced concern that Team Gore's effort
to block military ballots will badly hurt him if he becomes
commander-in-chief.
"If it is true that Democratic lawyers targeted the military
votes, then it's going to be a real problem for him if he is
elected," said University of Virginia professor/analyst Larry
Sabato.
"This kind of story lives forever in the military - that someone
might become commander-in-chief by having his representatives try
to disqualify every available military ballot on the basis that
they'd be for Bush."
Florida law is contradictory on whether an overseas ballot must
have a postmark to be counted or can be dated and signed inside.
Officials at the military postal service concede that military
mail, through no fault of the sender, can lack a postmark because
it was rushed onto the first available plane.
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