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> Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 12:53:46 -0800
> Subject: Uncharted Territory
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> There is an old quote that goes something like "Diplomacy is war by other
> means." I think Clausewitz said it, and I'm sure that I have butchered
it.
> But the better version today might be that "Lawsuits are elections by
other
> means." What does all this mean? Am I trying to be too clever? What I'm
> trying to say is that all signs point to this election, in particular,
the
> vote in Florida, ending up in a courtroom. At least one courtroom, but
> probably more.
>
> As I sit here, the count in Florida has narrowed considerably, Bush now
> leads Gore by just over 800 votes, out of more than 4 million votes cast.
> The recount is supposed to be finished this evening, but things are
getting
> much more complicated. The Gore campaign has asked that the ballots from
> four counties be counted by hand, rather than machine. They seem to be
> concerned that some ballots just aren't registering on the machines.
>
> But everyone is focusing on Palm Beach County. More than 19,000 ballots
> were disqualified because they had been "double-punched." That means that
> the voters punched out more than one of the little holes next to the
> candidates' names. And as I'm sure you've heard, Pat Buchanan received
> thousands of votes in this same county, and he was on TV this morning
> saying that he thinks it must be a mistake. Hundreds of people have come
> forward to claim that the layout of the ballot itself was confusing.
>
> So what's going to happen? Probably a lawsuit. Probably lots of lawsuits.
> The Electoral College is supposed to meet in December. Whatever is going
to
> happen would have to be done by then. And we think that what everyone is
> talking about is calling for a new election in Palm Beach County. If the
> expected lawsuits are successful, one of the possible solutions would be
> for those citizens who voted to vote all over again. I can't really
imagine
> what the spectacle of all that would be. Every journalist in the country
> would head for South Florida. (It doesn't hurt that this would take
place
> during the early winter.) There would probably be at least one journalist
> for every voter. There would be live, round-the-clock coverage. History
in
> the making … with palm trees in the background. Every journalist I know
> salivates at the thought.
>
> We are in uncharted territory. Something like this has never really
> happened before. In the midst of all of the excitement, the speculation,
> the predictions, it's all pretty unsettling. And every once in a while I
> wonder what those people who didn't vote are thinking about all this. Do
> they feel guilty?
>
> Ted is still in Austin, Texas. He'll be anchoring from there tonight.
Chris
> Bury will be trying to make sense of all of today's events. It seems like
> there's a press conference every two minutes. This war will be fought out
> on TV as well, each side trying to line up public support. I've covered
> wars before. I've covered diplomacy. I've covered lawsuits. And I've
> covered elections. I've never covered anything like this.
>
> Thursday, Nov. 9, 2000
>
> Leroy Sievers
> Executive Producer
> Nightline Office
> Washington, D.C.
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