AL GORE HAS THE LAW ON HIS
SIDE WHILE BUSH WANTS TO COVERTLY
SLOW DOWN THE PROCESS AND HAVE BAKER
RUSH AMERICAN TO A SPEEDY CONCLUSION.
WHAT A SCAM
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"Dr. Jai Maharaj" wrote:
> Text of Al Gore Legal Complaint
> By The Associated Press
> Monday, November 27, 2000
> Text of Vice President Al Gore’s complaint to contest the
> election, as filed Monday with the circuit court in Leon
> County, Fla.:
> COMPLAINT TO CONTEST ELECTION
> 1. This is an action to contest the certification that
> George W. Bush and Richard Cheney received more votes in
> the Presidential election in the State of Florida than Al
> Gore and Joe Lieberman. The vote totals reported in the
> Election Canvassing Commission’s certification of
> November 26, 2000 are wrong. They include illegal votes
> and do not include legal votes that were improperly
> rejected. The number of such votes is more than
> sufficient to place in doubt, indeed to change the result
> of the election.
> 2. The Plaintiffs, Albert Gore, Jr., nominee of the
> Democratic Party of the United States for President of
> the United States in the 2000 General Election (Al Gore)
> and Joseph I. Lieberman nominee of the Democratic Party
> of the United States for vice president of the United
> States in the 2000 General Election (Joe Lieberman),
> contest the November 26, 2000 certification by the
> Elections Canvassing Commission of the results of the
> Presidential election and the determination of the
> winning Presidential Electors in Florida. Al Gore and Joe
> Lieberman further contest the Secretary of State’s
> certification of the electors for Defendants George W.
> Bush and Richard Cheney as elected.
> 3. The Election Canvassing Board certified 2,912,790
> votes for George W. Bush and Richard Cheney and 2,912,253
> votes for Al Gore and Joe Lieberman, a difference of 537
> votes. That difference was entirely the result of:
> (a) rejecting the results of the complete manual count in
> Palm Beach County (which resulted in approximately 215
> additional net votes for Gore/Lieberman) and the results
> of a manual count of approximately 20 percent of the
> precincts in Miami-Dade County (which resulted in
> approximately 160 additional net votes for
> Gore/Lieberman); and
> (b) including changes to the certified results of the
> Nassau County Canvassing Board which, over the
> Thanksgiving weekend, changed its previously certified
> results — not based on a manual count, but by adding
> votes in violation of Florida law from earlier
> tabulations that had previously been rejected by that
> Board as illegal (which resulted in a total of
> approximately 50 additional net votes for Bush/Cheney).
> (c) not counting approximately 4,000 ballots in Palm
> Beach County that were marked by the voter with an
> indentation but which were not (in most cases at least)
> punctured that the Palm Beach County Canvassing Board
> reviewed but did not count as a vote for any presidential
> candidate and which have been contested. If discernible
> indentations on such ballots were counted as votes, Al
> Gore and Joe Lieberman would receive more than 800 net
> additional votes.
> (d) not counting approximately 9,000 ballots in Miami-
> Dade County that have not been recorded as a vote for any
> presidential candidate and which were never counted
> manually because the Miami-Dade County Canvassing Board
> prematurely ceased its manual count with only
> approximately 20 percent of the precincts counted. If
> these approximately 9,000 uncounted ballots result in the
> same proportional increase in net votes as the ballots
> that were counted by the Board before it stopped
> counting, these ballots would result in approximately 600
> net additional votes for Gore/Lieberman.
> Common Allegations
> 4. This is an action to contest an election under section
> 102.168, Florida Statutes (2000).
> 5. Section 102.1685, Florida Statutes (2000) establishes
> Leon County as the proper venue for this action.
> 6. Section 102.168(8), Florida Statutes (2000) empowers
> the judge in a contest action to:
> fashion such orders as he or she deems necessary to
> ensure that each allegation in the complaint is
> investigated, examined, or checked to prevent or correct
> any alleged wrong, and to provide any relief appropriate
> under such circumstances.
> 7. Plaintiff Al Gore was the nominee of the Democratic
> Party for President of the United States and Plaintiff
> Joe Lieberman was the nominee of the Democratic Party for
> Vice President of the United States in the year 2000
> general election in the State of Florida. They appeared
> on the ballot in every county in Florida.
> 8. George W. Bush was the nominee of the Republican Party
> for President of the United States and Richard Cheney was
> the nominee of the Republican Party for Vice President of
> the United States in the year 2000 general election in
> the State of Florida. They appeared on the ballot in
> every county in Florida.
> 9. Section 102.111, Florida Statutes, (2000) creates the
> Elections Canvassing Commission and charges it with
> certifying the returns of elections and determining who
> has been elected for each office. Katherine Harris serves
> on the Commission by virtue of her position as Secretary
> of State. L. Clayton Roberts serves on the Commission by
> virtue of his position as Director of the Division of
> Elections. Bob Crawford serves on the Commission as a
> substitute for Governor Jeb Bush, who has declined to
> serve because his brother is one of the candidates.
> 10. On November 7, 2000, the State of Florida conducted a
> general election for the President of the United States.
> On November 8, 2000, the Division of Elections for the
> State of Florida reported that George W. Bush and Richard
> Cheney, the candidates for the Republican Party, received
> 2,909,135 votes and that Al Gore and Joe Lieberman, the
> candidates for the Democratic Party, received 2,907,351
> votes.
> 11. The difference of 1,784 votes between the Republican
> and Democratic candidates triggered the automatic recount
> provisions of Section 102.141 (4), Florida Statutes
> (2000), (requiring a recount by county canvassing boards
> if there is a difference of less than .5 percent). The
> recount by all county canvassing boards narrowed the
> difference between Gore/Lieberman and Bush/Cheney to 300
> votes.
> 12. Section 102.151, Florida Statutes (2000) requires
> county canvassing boards to issue certificates reporting
> the total number of votes cast for each person elected
> and transmit it to the Department of State.
> 13. Section 102.112, Florida Statutes (2000) requires all
> county canvassing boards to file vote count returns for
> the election of a federal office with the Department of
> State.
> 14. The Florida Supreme Court directed that all amended
> certifications resulting from manual counts in this
> election be filed with the Elections Canvassing
> Commission by 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 26, 2000, and
> that the Elections Canvassing Commission and the
> Secretary of State must accept those amended
> certifications. The Court further ordered that the
> certificates made and signed by the Elections Canvassing
> Commission pursuant to section 102.121 certify the
> amended returns, including the results of recounts and
> hand counts. Palm Beach County Canvassing Board v.
> Harris, Consolidated Case Number SC00-2346, Slip Op.
> (Fla. Sup. Ct., Nov. 21, 2000).
> 15. The Florida Supreme Court ordered that all amended
> certifications be filed by 5:00 p.m., November 26, 2000
> in order to permit election contests pursuant to Section
> 102.168 to be fled and resolved by the December 12, 2000
> deadline for the resolution of contests regarding the
> selection of electors.
> 16. On November 26, 2000 the Secretary of State certified
> the results of the November 7, 2000 Presidential
> Election.
> 17. On November 26, 2000 the Elections Canvassing Board
> declared George W. Bush and Richard Cheney as the winners
> of Florida’s electoral votes.
> Count I (Miami-Dade County Canvassing Board)
> 18. Plaintiffs re-allege paragraphs one through 17.
> 19. Defendants, Lawrence D. King, Myriam Lehr and David
> C. Leahy, and were at all relevant times members of the
> Miami-Dade County Canvassing Board.
> 20. Defendant, David C. Leahy, is and was at all relevant
> times Supervisor of Elections for Miami-Dade County.
> 21. The Miami-Dade County Democratic Executive Committee
> exercised its right under section 102.166 (4), Florida
> Statues (2000) to request that ballots be manually
> counted.
> 22. The Miami-Dade Canvassing Board conducted the sample
> manual count required by section 102.166, Florida Statues
> (2000). The Board determined that the sample manual count
> revealed an error in the vote tabulation that could
> affect the outcome of the election. The Board thereafter
> determined, pursuant to section 102.166 (4), Florida
> Statues (2000) to manually count all ballots.
> 23. On November 14, 2000, the Miami-Dade County
> Canvassing Board wrote the Division of Elections asking
> that votes resulting from manual counts be included in
> its certified results. On November 15, 2000, the
> Secretary of State advised that she refused to accept the
> votes.
> 24. The Florida Supreme Court issued three orders in
> Consolidated Case Numbers SC00-2346, SC00-2358 and SC00-
> 2349 determining that the Secretary of State must accept
> the results of local canvassing board manual counts
> certified by the boards.
> 25. On the morning of November 22 the Miami-Dade
> Canvassing Board decided, in light of the deadline set by
> the Supreme Court, to manually count approximately 10,750
> ballots with respect to which the machines did not record
> a vote for President. These ballots are known as
> ”uncounted ballots.” As of that time, in two full days
> of work 96,500 ballots from 139 precincts,
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A FELONY
HERE IS WHAT BUSH’S OPERATIVE CONTACTS VIOLATED:
104.047 "Any person who requests an absentee ballot on
behalf of an elector is guilty of a felony of the third degree"
unless it’s the elector, immediate family, or guardian.
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Dark Angel wrote:
> AL GORE HAS THE LAW ON HIS
> SIDE WHILE BUSH WANTS TO COVERTLY
> SLOW DOWN THE PROCESS AND HAVE BAKER
> RUSH AMERICAN TO A SPEEDY CONCLUSION.
> WHAT A SCAM
> "Dr. Jai Maharaj" wrote:
> > Text of Al Gore Legal Complaint
> > By The Associated Press
> > Monday, November 27, 2000
> > Text of Vice President Al Gore’s complaint to contest the
> > election, as filed Monday with the circuit court in Leon
> > County, Fla.:
> > COMPLAINT TO CONTEST ELECTION
> > 1. This is an action to contest the certification that
> > George W. Bush and Richard Cheney received more votes in
> > the Presidential election in the State of Florida than Al
> > Gore and Joe Lieberman. The vote totals reported in the
> > Election Canvassing Commission’s certification of
> > November 26, 2000 are wrong. They include illegal votes
> > and do not include legal votes that were improperly
> > rejected. The number of such votes is more than
> > sufficient to place in doubt, indeed to change the result
> > of the election.
> > 2. The Plaintiffs, Albert Gore, Jr., nominee of the
> > Democratic Party of the United States for President of
> > the United States in the 2000 General Election (Al Gore)
> > and Joseph I. Lieberman nominee of the Democratic Party
> > of the United States for vice president of the United
> > States in the 2000 General Election (Joe Lieberman),
> > contest the November 26, 2000 certification by the
> > Elections Canvassing Commission of the results of the
> > Presidential election and the determination of the
> > winning Presidential Electors in Florida. Al Gore and Joe
> > Lieberman further contest the Secretary of State’s
> > certification of the electors for Defendants George W.
> > Bush and Richard Cheney as elected.
> > 3. The Election Canvassing Board certified 2,912,790
> > votes for George W. Bush and Richard Cheney and 2,912,253
> > votes for Al Gore and Joe Lieberman, a difference of 537
> > votes. That difference was entirely the result of:
> > (a) rejecting the results of the complete manual count in
> > Palm Beach County (which resulted in approximately 215
> > additional net votes for Gore/Lieberman) and the results
> > of a manual count of approximately 20 percent of the
> > precincts in Miami-Dade County (which resulted in
> > approximately 160 additional net votes for
> > Gore/Lieberman); and
> > (b) including changes to the certified results of the
> > Nassau County Canvassing Board which, over the
> > Thanksgiving weekend, changed its previously certified
> > results — not based on a manual count, but by adding
> > votes in violation of Florida law from earlier
> > tabulations that had previously been rejected by that
> > Board as illegal (which resulted in a total of
> > approximately 50 additional net votes for Bush/Cheney).
> > (c) not counting approximately 4,000 ballots in Palm
> > Beach County that were marked by the voter with an
> > indentation but which were not (in most cases at least)
> > punctured that the Palm Beach County Canvassing Board
> > reviewed but did not count as a vote for any presidential
> > candidate and which have been contested. If discernible
> > indentations on such ballots were counted as votes, Al
> > Gore and Joe Lieberman would receive more than 800 net
> > additional votes.
> > (d) not counting approximately 9,000 ballots in Miami-
> > Dade County that have not been recorded as a vote for any
> > presidential candidate and which were never counted
> > manually because the Miami-Dade County Canvassing Board
> > prematurely ceased its manual count with only
> > approximately 20 percent of the precincts counted. If
> > these approximately 9,000 uncounted ballots result in the
> > same proportional increase in net votes as the ballots
> > that were counted by the Board before it stopped
> > counting, these ballots would result in approximately 600
> > net additional votes for Gore/Lieberman.
> > Common Allegations
> > 4. This is an action to contest an election under section
> > 102.168, Florida Statutes (2000).
> > 5. Section 102.1685, Florida Statutes (2000) establishes
> > Leon County as the proper venue for this action.
> > 6. Section 102.168(8), Florida Statutes (2000) empowers
> > the judge in a contest action to:
> > fashion such orders as he or she deems necessary to
> > ensure that each allegation in the complaint is
> > investigated, examined, or checked to prevent or correct
> > any alleged wrong, and to provide any relief appropriate
> > under such circumstances.
> > 7. Plaintiff Al Gore was the nominee of the Democratic
> > Party for President of the United States and Plaintiff
> > Joe Lieberman was the nominee of the Democratic Party for
> > Vice President of the United States in the year 2000
> > general election in the State of Florida. They appeared
> > on the ballot in every county in Florida.
> > 8. George W. Bush was the nominee of the Republican Party
> > for President of the United States and Richard Cheney was
> > the nominee of the Republican Party for Vice President of
> > the United States in the year 2000 general election in
> > the State of Florida. They appeared on the ballot in
> > every county in Florida.
> > 9. Section 102.111, Florida Statutes, (2000) creates the
> > Elections Canvassing Commission and charges it with
> > certifying the returns of elections and determining who
> > has been elected for each office. Katherine Harris serves
> > on the Commission by virtue of her position as Secretary
> > of State. L. Clayton Roberts serves on the Commission by
> > virtue of his position as Director of the Division of
> > Elections. Bob Crawford serves on the Commission as a
> > substitute for Governor Jeb Bush, who has declined to
> > serve because his brother is one of the candidates.
> > 10. On November 7, 2000, the State of Florida conducted a
> > general election for the President of the United States.
> > On November 8, 2000, the Division of Elections for the
> > State of Florida reported that George W. Bush and Richard
> > Cheney, the candidates for the Republican Party, received
> > 2,909,135 votes and that Al Gore and Joe Lieberman, the
> > candidates for the Democratic Party, received 2,907,351
> > votes.
> > 11. The difference of 1,784 votes between the Republican
> > and Democratic candidates triggered the automatic recount
> > provisions of Section 102.141 (4), Florida Statutes
> > (2000), (requiring a recount by county canvassing boards
> > if there is a difference of less than .5 percent). The
> > recount by all county canvassing boards narrowed the
> > difference between Gore/Lieberman and Bush/Cheney to 300
> > votes.
> > 12. Section 102.151, Florida Statutes (2000) requires
> > county canvassing boards to issue certificates reporting
> > the total number of votes cast for each person elected
> > and transmit it to the Department of State.
> > 13. Section 102.112, Florida Statutes (2000) requires all
> > county canvassing boards to file vote count returns for
> > the election of a federal office with the Department of
> > State.
> > 14. The Florida Supreme Court directed that all amended
> > certifications resulting from manual counts in this
> > election be filed with the Elections Canvassing
> > Commission by 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 26, 2000, and
> > that the Elections Canvassing Commission and the
> > Secretary of State must accept those amended
> > certifications. The Court further ordered that the
> > certificates made and signed by the Elections Canvassing
> > Commission pursuant to section 102.121 certify the
> > amended returns, including the results of recounts and
> > hand counts. Palm Beach County Canvassing Board v.
> > Harris, Consolidated Case Number SC00-2346, Slip Op.
> > (Fla. Sup. Ct., Nov. 21, 2000).
> > 15. The Florida Supreme Court ordered that all amended
> > certifications be filed by 5:00 p.m., November 26, 2000
> > in order to permit election contests pursuant to Section
> > 102.168 to be fled and resolved by the December 12, 2000
> > deadline for the resolution of contests regarding the
> > selection of electors.
> > 16. On November 26, 2000 the Secretary of State certified
> > the results of the November 7, 2000 Presidential
> > Election.
> > 17. On November 26, 2000 the Elections Canvassing Board
> > declared George W. Bush and Richard Cheney as the winners
> > of Florida’s electoral votes.
> > Count I (Miami-Dade County Canvassing Board)
> > 18. Plaintiffs re-allege paragraphs one through 17.
> > 19. Defendants, Lawrence D. King, Myriam Lehr and David
> > C. Leahy, and were at all relevant times members of the
> > Miami-Dade County Canvassing Board.
> > 20. Defendant, David C. Leahy, is and was at all relevant
> > times Supervisor of Elections for Miami-Dade County.
> > 21. The Miami-Dade County Democratic Executive Committee
> > exercised its right under section 102.166 (4), Florida
> > Statues (2000) to request that ballots be manually
> > counted.
> > 22. The Miami-Dade Canvassing Board conducted the sample
> > manual count required by section 102.166, Florida Statues
> > (2000). The Board determined that the sample manual count
> > revealed an error in the vote tabulation that could
> > affect the outcome of the election. The Board thereafter
> > determined, pursuant to section 102.166 (4), Florida
> > Statues (2000) to manually count all ballots.
> > 23. On November 14, 2000, the Miami-Dade County
> > Canvassing Board wrote the Division of Elections asking
> > that votes resulting from manual counts be included in
> > its certified results. On November 15, 2000, the
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