Excerpted from http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20001121/el/recount_overseas_24.html. What was this about the GOP being the voting serviceperson's friend? <<TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Republicans decried an effort by Florida's Democratic attorney general to reconsider rejected presidential ballots from servicemen abroad as a belated effort to rectify an embarrassing Democratic move in the state's pivotal election recount. Attorney General Bob Butterworth, a supporter of the Democrats' candidate, Vice President Al Gore (news - web sites), sent a letter Monday to county election officials across Florida urging them to count the spurned ballots. Clay Roberts, Republican-appointed director of the State Division of Elections, said the overseas vote was counted and certified by all 67 county elections supervisors and the state has no plans to reopen the issue. ``The state canvassing commission is forbidden by law to look beyond those returns,'' Roberts said.>> _______________________________________________ Leninist-International mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/leninist-international
