COUP WATCH: Nov. 13 Florida Recount Links -- From Red Rock Eater News Service

Florida Recount -- From Red Rock Eater News Service Nov. 13 Florida Recount Links -- From Red Rock Eater News Service

By Phil Agre

Mon Nov 13 06:39:06 2000

What a strange week. More to come.

Gore Camp Demands FBI Inquiry
      http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,34812,00.html

In Palm Beach County, Tumult Grew Hourly
      http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/13/politics/13TOCK.html

Let the Hand Count Continue
      http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/11/12/hand/

Shades of 1876
      http://www.hfxnews.southam.ca/Perspective/Donham.html

Bush Goes to Court as US Poll Fears Grow
      http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/US_election_race/Story/0,2763,396460,00.html

Nearly Half of Tossed Ballots from Black Precincts
      http://www.gopbi.com/partners/pbpost/epaper/editions/today/news_4.html

Choose Your Own Election Ending
      http://ortelius.cartographer.com/elect2000/elect.htm

The Results So Far
      http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/US_election_race/graphic/0,5543,393512,00.html

Passions Run High Among Residents in Disputed Areas
      http://www.herald.com/content/today/news/florida/digdocs/085808.htm

How Many Buchanan Supporters Are There?
      http://www.gopbi.com/partners/pbpost/epaper/editions/today/news_2.html

Americans Want a Fair Count
      http://news.excite.com/news/ap/001112/05/eln-presidential-polls

Florida's Typical Election Day Is Often a Nightmare
      http://www.latimes.com/print/20001112/t000108616.html

Uncle Sam Seeks a Few Good Voters for 2000 Polls
      http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Sep1999/n09131999_9909133.html

Bush suit against the recounts
      http://www.netside.net/usdcfls/publications/cv9009cmp.pdf
      http://www.netside.net/usdcfls/

Gore, Bush Brace for Legal Faceoff
      http://www.salon.com/politics/wire/2000/11/12/faceoff/index.html

Cook's Ballots Not Like Florida's
      http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/cdh/20001110/lo/orr_cook_s_ballots_not_like_florida_s_1.html

The New President Is ...
      http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/US_election_race/Story/0,2763,396376,00.html

Manual Ballot Recount Drawing to Close in South Florida County
      http://www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/11/11/election.president/

argument in favor of the legality of the disputed ballot
      http://www.geocities.com/wooll005/ballot.html

Let the Courts Decide
      http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/12/opinion/12TRIB.html

The Longest Night
      http://www.observer.co.uk/focus/story/0,6903,396469,00.html

Voting Problems Predicted Six Months Ago by Safevote
      http://news.excite.com/news/bw/001111/ca-safevote

This seems like a good moment to remind ourselves that parts of southern Florida are still subject to the Voting Rights Act. Voting Rights Act of 1965
      http://hcl.chass.ncsu.edu/garson/dye/docs/votrit65.htm

other US Code sections affecting voting rights
      http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/42/ch20.html#PC20
      http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/42/1971.html

parts of Florida subject to preclearance under the Voting Rights Act
      http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/voting/sec_5/covered.htm
      http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/voting/28cfr/51/apdx_txt.htm
      http://www.fairvote.org/vra/vra.htm

The Voting Rights Act: 30 years later
      http://www.chronicle.duke.edu/chronicle/95/11/15/s08TheVoting.html

ACLU Charges Race Discrimination in Florida County Election Methods (5/00)
      http://www.aclu.org/news/2000/n051200e.html

Reaffirmation or Requiem for the Voting Rights Act?
      http://www.aclu.org/issues/racial/racevote.html

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Mon Nov 13 22:38:12 2000 Here are some more URL's about the election. Please pass them along to anyone who can use them. URL's from the major national publications have worked their way back into the list, but I guess you can ignore them.

Florida

Ballot-Punching Stories Swirl Storm of Confusion in Palm Beach
      http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/daily/detail/0,1136,36000000000124830,00.html

Likely-Gore Votes Voided in Duval
      http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/111300/met_4597444.html

The Disappearing Ballots of Duval County
      http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/11/13/duval/

Republican Rules of Order
      http://www.salon.com/news/col/cona/2000/11/13/florida/

GOP Played Role in Absentee Vote
      http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/14/politics/14SEMI.html

A Vote Deadline in Florida Is Set for Tuesday
      http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/14/politics/14ELEC.html

The Woman Under Fire
      http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/11/13/harris/

Katherine Harris No Stranger to Controversy
      http://www.salon.com/politics/wire/2000/11/13/harris_controversy/

Judge Hints at Extension for Recount
      http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14091-2000Nov13.html

Check. And Mate?
      http://www.nationalreview.com/lowry/lowry111300a.shtml

Analysts Call GOP Lawsuit Legally Weak
      http://www.latimes.com/print/asection/20001113/t000108809.html

court denial of Bush attempt to stop hand count
      http://www.netside.net/usdcfls/publications/opinion.pdf

Federal Judge Refuses to Stop Manual Recount in Florida
      http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/13/politics/14CND-VOTE.html

the first election suit (Fladel v. Palm Beach County Canvassing Board)
      http://news.findlaw.com/cnn/docs/palmbeach/fladelpbccmplnt.pdf

Palm Beach voter class action (Horowitz v. LePore)
      http://news.findlaw.com/cnn/docs/palmbeach/pbclassaction.pdf

Desperate Measures
      http://www.msnbc.com/news/489139.asp

Alan Dershowitz announcing suit against Tuesday recount deadline
      http://play.rbn.com/?url=ap/nynyt/g2demand/1113fl_dershowitz2.rm&proto=dual

Al Gore Speaks on the Election Process
      http://www.cnn.com/video/politics/2000/11/13/press.gore.recoun.cnn.html

Recounts Give Gore New Hope
      http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/dynamic/news/story.html?in_review_id=334562&in_review_text_id=277448

amazing far-right Web site talking about "blood in the streets"
      http://www.halturnershow.com/

New Dispute Over Florida Applications for Ballots
      http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/13/politics/13VOTE.html

other states Mistakes in Vote Review Tightens New Hampshire Presidential Results
      http://www.fosters.com/news2000/nov_00/13/nh1113k.htm

Bush Has a Tough Choice Outside Florida
      http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13970-2000Nov13.html

GOP's list of voter irregulatities in Milwaukee
      http://www.jsonline.com/election2000/nov00/fraud-list111000.asp

the election generally

The Vote Tuesday, County by County
      http://www.geocities.com/statechurch/e2000map.jpg

Spinner One, Down to the Wire
      http://www.dailyhowler.com/h111300_1.shtml

Voting, Computers and the Human-Computer Interface
      http://www.cpsr.org/issues/voting.html

Most Say They'll Accept Winner
      http://www.usatoday.com/news/vote2000/poll.htm

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