>>P.S.
>> I predicted that the federal suit to declare hand counting unconstitutional (think about the implications, here) would fail and it did. I now predict that the state suit for additional time from Volusia County (with Palm Beach County and the Gore camp) as additional parties will succeed.
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>As far as the Administration goes, I would not be surprised that they fight to keep from having to comply with another law. In this case, it is Florida law that all counties certify by 5pm 1 week after the election.

That's what I am referring to:

"Volusia County went to state court Monday to sue for the right to complete and certify its manual count regardless of Tuesday’s deadline and to bar the state from ignoring its results. Gore’s campaign and Palm Beach County joined the lawsuit."

Peter