At 3:55 PM +1100  on 11/12/00, Anne Maureen Scarff wrote:

>... Why the rush? Isn't it better to sort out the
>irregulatities now and avoid a  presidency which would always be diminished
>by doubtful authority? ...


I suppose it depends on who you want to see elected.



>... is there some legal reason why the US does not have a
>national Election Commission so there could be some a-political  organiser
>of elections? ...


The last time something like this happened was in 1876, when an ad
hoc federal commission voted strictly along party lines to award the
disputed electoral votes from Florida and two other states to
Rutherford B. Hayes. Congress wanted to avoid getting involved in
this kind of mess again, so they pretty much turned the process over
to the states.


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