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By Phil Agre

Wed Nov 22 12:30:13 2000

Yes, it's official: the United States is the strangest country on earth. Forget Hungary. Forget Japan. Forget Paraguay. We rule.

I was wrong about it being all over on Monday, but not by much. Even the most sensible Florida Supreme Court decision that could be expected has not been enough to overcome the delay tactics. By my count only one county is now counting ballots based on the reasonably inferred intention of the voter, which is the nearly universal common-sense test. We are living in Upside-Down Land.

As we've seen many times already, the pundits make a practice of falsely accusing their opponents of doing whatever it is they are doing themselves. Now they are accusing their opponents of attempting a coup, and it looks increasingly likely that they will succeed.

Secretary of State, Advisors Stunned by Justices' Decision
      http://www.miamiherald.com/content/archive/news/elect2000/decision/066957.htm

Bush Picks Up 14 Votes in Collier County
      http://www.vny.com/cf/News/upidetail.cfm?QID=138179

Defeated Legislator Files for Recount
      http://www.abqjournal.com/paperboy/link/news/183259news11-22-00.htm

Cheney Residency Dispute to Be Appealed
      http://www.vny.com/cf/News/upidetail.cfm?QID=138168

Lawyers Go Over Evidence, Preparing for Seminole Absentee Ballot Trial
      http://orlandosentinel.com/news/1121seminole.htm

Florida Legislature Considers Options after Bush Set Back at Court
      http://www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/11/22/florida.leg.ap/

11th Circuit Still in the Florida Recount Mix
      http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=law/View&c=Article&cid=ZZZM5DL9UFC&cst=1

Justices Adhere to "Will of the People"
      http://www.usatoday.com/news/vote2000/pres111.htm

Candidates Respond to High Court Ruling
      http://www.usatoday.com/news/vote2000/pres103.htm

Unpostmarked Ballot Recount Nixed
      http://news.findlaw.com/ap_stories/a/p/1131/11-21-2000/20001121224945980.html

Delaware Lawyer Organizes Attorneys to Keep Florida Vote Out of the Court
      http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=law/View&c=Article&cid=ZZZ3LHQ6UFC&cst=1

White and Case: GOP House Counsel
      http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=law/View&c=Article&cid=ZZZZYVE4UFC&cst=1

Media Gang Up on Jackson and Ignore the Plight of Black Voters
      http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/327/oped/Media_gang_up_on_Jackson_and_ignore_the_plight_of_black_voters+.shtml

Many Legal Questions Unanswered
      http://www.accessatlanta.com/partners/ajc/vote2000/decision/next1122.html

Federal Appeals Court Awaits Decision
      http://news.findlaw.com/ap_stories/a/p/1131/11-21-2000/20001121232758630.html

How (and What) to Count
      http://more.abcnews.go.com/sections/science/dailynews/closevote_paulos001120.html

Harris Backed for Bush Transition Post
      http://www.gopbi.com/partners/pbpost/epaper/editions/today/news_11.html

"Dimpled" Ballots Count in Texas
      http://www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/11/21/jackson.ballot/

The Hollow Crisis: How Another Generation Did It
      http://www.ardemgaz.com/today/edi/wedit122.html

Winner, President Might Not Be Same
      http://www.ardemgaz.com/today/edi/wopLyons22.html

Flcourts.org Hard to Reach
      http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/DailyNews/floridawebsite001120.html

GOP Nervously Keeping Tabs on Seminole Suit
      http://orlandosentinel.com/automagic/news/2000-11-22/ASECsvote22112200.html

Judge Rejects Bid to Deny Bush Electoral Votes
      http://www.dallasnews.com/campaign/092000/220778_cheney_22pol.A.html

Florida Supreme Court decision
      http://www.flcourts.org/sct/sctdocs/ops/sc00-2346.pdf

Court Rules Hand-Count Results Must Be Included
      http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49320-2000Nov21.html

screaming insanity
      http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49363-2000Nov21.html

"Dimpled Ballots" Are Focus of Fight for Disputed Votes
      http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/22/politics/22DISP.html

Florida Court Backs Hand Recounts and Orders Vote Deadline of Monday
      http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/22/politics/22ELEC.html

NPR segment on the counting of military ballots
      http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/atc/20001121.atc.11.rmm

Bush Files Surprise Brief with Florida's Supreme Court
      http://www.salon.com/politics/wire/2000/11/21/bush_brief/

Bush briefs arguing that Supreme Court can't set ballot standards
      http://www.flcourts.org/pubinfo/election/00-2346_responsetoreplyBush.pdf
      http://www.flcourts.org/pubinfo/election/00-2346_motiontofileresponsetoreply.pdf

Gore's response
      http://www.flcourts.org/pubinfo/election/00-2346_resptomotiontofilerespGore.pdf

Broward County's response
      http://www.flcourts.org/pubinfo/election/00-2346_resptomotiontoleaverespBroward.pdf

Questionable Ballots Leaning Toward Gore
      http://www.newschannel2000.com/sh/election2000/stories/election2000-20001121-092504.html
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