Florida Recount -- From Red Rock Eater News Service Florida Recount -- Other States, Too? -- From Red Rock Eater News Service

By Phil Agre

From - Sun Nov 12 08:18:13 2000

The press reports that if the Bush campaign fails in its attempt to suppress the hand recounts of voters' ballots that are provided by Florida law, as seems likely, then they will implement a "scorched- earth" plan involving legal challenges to the election outcomes in Iowa, New Mexico, Oregon, and Wisconsin.

For the situation in Florida see:

Palm Beach Orders Manual Recount; Gore Closes Gap
      http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/politics/12WIRE-PALM.html

For the Bush plan see:

Bush Team Prepares "Scorched-Earth" Plan
      http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2830-2000Nov11.html

Bush considers recounts in Iowa, Wisconsin
      http://www.salon.com/politics/wire/2000/11/11/bush_recounts/

For the political side see:

Bush Signed Recount Rule in Texas
      http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/politics/AP-ELN-Bush-Texas-Recounts.html

Has Bush Blown It in Florida?
      http://slate.msn.com/code/kausfiles/kausfiles.asp?idMessage=6473

For more details on the bizarre situation in Volusia County see:

Florida's Volusia Triangle
      http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/11/11/volusia/

Tragicomedy of Errors Fuels Volusia Recount
      http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2748-2000Nov11.html

If the envisioned scorched-earth plan does come to pass then it will be important to monitor the regional newspapers in Iowa, New Mexico, Oregon, and Wisconsin. To that end, some very excellent RRE readers have assembled guides to the regional newspapers and other relevant online resources in those states. I have enclosed them here: two for Iowa, followed by one each for the other states. I have edited and reformatted them, but they are not my work. Nor have I tested the URL's myself. I assume they're fine.

Let me just add that one of my favorite words in the whole English language is "slugfest". It's gotten a lot of exercise this week.


****** IOWA ******

Here are some URL's for Iowa papers:

Des Moines Register
      http://www.DesMoinesRegister.com/

(used to be the independent paper of Iowa -- only local paper in the country to be distributed as the major paper in all counties in the state -- taken over by Gannett in the last decade or so but still has good columnists)

DMR on the potential recount:
      http://www.dmregister.com/news/stories/c4789004/12916675.html

(Johnson County is where Iowa City is located, arguably the most liberal/progressive city in the state, home of the University of Iowa and a century of progressive activism)

More DMR campaign coverage:
      http://miva.dmregister.com/miva/cgi-bin/miva?news/package.mv+Campaign_2000

----- Cedar Rapids Gazette:
      http://www.gazetteonline.com/GCDA/front/

CR is the second largest city in Iowa, fairly conservative

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Plus, here is a list of URLs for other Iowa papers (on some job search site):
      http://www.jobfactory.com/news/u_ia.htm

Here are the major papers covering Iowa. The Des Moines Register is THE state newspaper, with statewide readership. The Omaha World Herald is widely read in the western third of the state. The remainder are from Iowa's larger cities, with Ames and Iowa City being the homes of the universities.

1. Des Moines Register   -   http://www.dmregister.com/

2. Omaha World Herald   -   http://www/omaha.com/

3. Ames Tribune   -   http://www.amestrib.com/

4. Cedar Rapids Gazette   -   http://www.gazetteonline.com/

5. Quad City Times (Davenport)  -   http://www.qctimes.com/

6. Iowa City Press- Citizen   -   http://www.press-citizen.com/

7. Sioux City Journal   -   http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/

8. Waterloo Courier   -   http://www.wcfcourier.com/

****** NEW MEXICO ******

New Mexico Newspaper Links - Lists local Newspapers, Radio and TV Station URLs

      http://www.usnewspaperlinks.com/nmnews.html

The Albuquerque Tribune - This has 3 good articles
      http://www.abqtrib.com/

1) Brief encapsulation of how Gore's lead dissappeared
      http://www.abqtrib.com/politics/111100_numbers.shtml

2) County attorney changes mind and adds in votes that erase Gore's edge
      http://www.abqtrib.com/politics/111100_crucial.shtml

3) Full Story: "Ballots turn up, and Bush leads N.M. by whisker
      But -- wait! -- there are still approximately
      180 votes to be reviewed in the county recount."
      http://www.abqtrib.com/politics/111100_missing.shtml

The Albuquerque Journal Online
      http://www.abqjournal.com/

State of New Mexico
Unofficial 2000 General Election Results as of 11/11/2000 at 01:09(mst) with 33 of 33 counties reporting (By Office)
      http://www.sos.state.nm.us/election/rsult000.htm

State of New Mexico
(Same as above but presented by County, must click through for details)
      http://www.sos.state.nm.us/election/cntyindx.htm

****** OREGON ******

Here is a list of Oregon papers.

      http://www.dhonline.com/
      http://www.argusobserver.org/
      http://www.amcity.com/portland/index.html
      http://www.dailytidings.com/
      http://www.bendbulletin.com/
      http://www.cannonbeachgazette.com/
      http://cascadia.times.org/
      http://www.gtconnect.com/
      http://www.eonow.com/index2.shtml
      http://www.eugeneweekly.com/
      http://www.heraldandnews.com/index2.html
      http://www.lebanon-express.com/
      http://www.mailtribune.com/
      http://www.newportnewstimes.com/
      http://www.thenewsguard.com/
      http://www.nuggetnews.com/
      http://www.ocnsignal.com/
      http://www.oregonnews.com/
      http://www.oregonian.com/
      http://www.efn.org/~topaper/
      http://www.registerguard.com/
      http://www.rogueriverpress.com/
      http://seasidesignal.com/
      http://www.sheridansun.com/
      http://www.theskanner.com/
      http://www.sourceweekly.com/
      http://www.efn.org/~sgazette/gazette.html
      http://www.salemconnect.com/
      http://www.sunriveronline.com/
      http://www.orcoastnews.com/headlight
      http://www.wallowa.com/chieftain
      http://www.wweek.com/

****** WISCONSIN ******

After wading through info on modest milk price increases and the national slingshot competition, I managed to find some Wisconsin URLs that may interest you. It's probably more exhaustive than discriminating, so you may want to review them to figure out which ones to keep.

La Crosse County clerk: Recount won't bear fruit in Wisconsin
      http://www.lacrossetribune.com/

Wisconsin ballot recount still a possibility
[reports of bribery with free cigarettes to homeless people in Milwaukee?]
      http://dailycardinal.com/issues/2000/11/20001110/20001110.nws_recount.chtml

Gore wins Wisconsin - barely
      http://www.pressgazettenews.com/archive/articles/0011/1108a1aagorewinswi.html

Wisconsin worked to simplify ballots
      http://www.jsonline.com/election2000/nov00/ballot10110900a.asp

Local voters turn out in droves
      http://www.pressgazettenews.com/archive/articles/0011/1108a1qvoters.html

Record city turnout marred by long delays
      http://www.wisconsinvote.org/news/articlefull.cfm?article_id=769

Gov. Thompson: Wisconsin recount might be needed
      http://www.jsonline.com/election2000/nov00/1tommy09110800.asp

GOP urges McCann to investigate vote
      http://www.jsonline.com/election2000/nov00/1gop10111000.asp

Exit polls
      http://www.jsonline.com/election2000/vns/

County-by-county vote map
      http://www.jsonline.com/election2000/nov00/wicounties-postelection.asp

Thousands crush counties' polls
      http://www.jsonline.com/election2000/nov00/turnozw09110800a.asp

Big turnout at polls delays final vote tally
      http://www.jsonline.com/election2000/nov00/turn09110800a.asp

Key GOP legislator urges study of vote rules
      http://www.jsonline.com/election2000/nov00/wissid10110900a.asp

State was third in turnout
      http://www.jsonline.com/election2000/nov00/turnout11111000.asp

Wisconsin Elections Board
      http://elections.state.wi.us/

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