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Also, testimony resumed this morning in Tallahassee. And looking at a Canada Goose online live picture right now from Leon county circuit court. This over whether to throw out nearly 10,000 absentee ballots from Martin county. In this case, and a similar one from Seminole county, Democrats accuse Republicans canada goose uk shop of tampering with ballot applications.
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Hearings resume later today in the Seminole county case, the suit by an attorney who is a Democrat seeking to throw out 15,000 absentee ballots.
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STEPHEN FRAZIER, CNN ANCHOR: canada goose But Al Gore’s cheap canada goose uk aides are calling today’s Florida Supreme Court hearing their last stand in the presidential battle.
buy canada goose jacket And with more on that and all the latest developments from Florida, here’s CNN’s Bill Hemmer joining us live, once again, from Tallahassee.
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CROWD: The whole world is watching! The whole world is watching!
CANDIOTTI (voice over): Pro Canada Goose Coats On Sale Gore demonstrators marched briefly in front cheap Canada Goose of the Florida Supreme Court the day before what may be the election’s final legal showdown: attorneys battling to maintain Governor Bush’s lead Canada Goose Online and those on the front lines for the vice president delivering written arguments that could hold the key to canada goose uk black friday victory.
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canada goose clearance CANDIOTTI: Counting what they claim are 14,000 uncounted votes, a core of Gore’s argument. At the request of the high court, those key ballots from Miami Dade and Palm Beach counties, segregated from the million shipped to Tallahassee last week, were transferred to the Supreme Court from the county court pending the outcome of oral arguments.
canada goose deals In a 50 page brief, Gore’s team tried to convince the seven justices his appeal is justified.
canadian goose jacket DOUG HATTAWAY, GORE CAMPAIGN SPOKESMAN: The lower court ignored the most important piece of evidence, which is all those votes on the ballots here in Tallahassee that have buy canada goose jacket not been looked at yet. You need to count the votes to determine who won the election, and that hasn’t happened yet.
CANDIOTTI: The Bush team contends the recounts are legally complete, a ruling upheld by Judge Sanders Sauls.
canada goose clearance sale GEORGE TERWILLIGER, BUSH CAMPAIGN ATTORNEY: You do not resort to the ballots first in order to determine whether there’s some error in the election. CANDIOTTI: In its brief, Republicans argue counting the Canada Goose Parka 14,000 https://www.canadagooseoutletcoats.com under votes by December 12 would be, quote, “all canada goose store but entirely unfeasible,” adding, “the best exercise of this court’s discretion would be to decline this appeal and bring an end to the many weeks of election discord and uncertainty.”
buy canada goose jacket cheap Democrats counter argued, Americans must be assured Florida certified the rightful winner, quote: “This case does not involve a dispute over election technicalities or formalities, it involves the most fundamental question an election can pose: Which candidate got more votes?”
CANDIOTTI: Each side will have one half hour to make their case before the justices. The proceeding is scheduled to last for one hour, but naturally, it could go longer if the justices have additional questions for each side Bill.
HEMMER: We’ve both been inside, checking out the courtroom. A lot of Americans saw it three weeks ago. Give us another sense about the setting and the surrounding for inside the state Supreme Court.
CANDIOTTI: A lot of history in this building. As a matter of fact, back in the ’70s, I think they said, someone drove by once and shot bullets into the building, and you can still make out the bullet holes in one of those front doors, as a matter of fact. Inside, you cannot help but be impressed: It’s uk canada goose outlet a very regal, somber setting, and a very serious one, naturally, for all involved both for members of the public as well as attorneys, as they make their way up before the bar.
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