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And so it begins: Norm Coleman's lawyers argue that Bush v. Gore should be used as precedent. (linky)

Posted by ReluctantCynic (aka ReluctantCynic) Jan 31 '09, 16:41

"'As part of this process, we have seen that different counties treated the same ballots differently so that voters whose votes counted in one county were rejected in another county,' said Ben Ginsberg, a Coleman attorney who was a key member of Bush's Florida legal team in 2000. 'In order to achieve equal protection under the law and enfranchise as many people as possible, we need to count all similarly situated ballots.'"

Full story here. (news.yahoo.com)

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Didn't the Supreme Court say (which they never do) that the Gore/Bush decision was for those circumstances alone? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 31, 17:10 2
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  - I only know from what I saw in Recount when they pointed it out. ;) -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 31, 17:40
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- I know that -- I'm talking about the whole Minnesota recount fracas. - ReluctantCynic Jan 31, 17:02 3
  - *kicks you in the fracas* -- nm - znufrii Jan 31, 17:03
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    - I missed the earlier citation. When was that? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 31, 17:53
Recount 2! -- nm - Remlik Jan 31, 16:48
Wait, there are still undecided elections? -- nm - Spawn Jan 31, 16:43

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And so it begins: Norm Coleman's lawyers argue that Bush v. Gore should be used as precedent. (linky)

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