What is the basis of the Bush campaigns lawsuit in federal court?
[updated November 16] The Bush campaign protested the Gore campaign’s request for a further manual recount (following the automatic recount) in four Florida counties. Their lawsuit alleges that the manual recount will yield a less accurate and subjective count and, in so doing, will dilute the votes of the rest of the state. The Complaint also claims that the standards used in assessing the validity or intent of the ballots are arbitrary and standardless and can produce inconsistent treatment of an identical ballot in different counties. The claims are made under the First and Fourteenth amendments to the Constitution of the United States. On Monday, November 13, a federal district judge denied the request for an injunction and expedited appeals are now before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. More questions…
