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Originally Posted by edslunch
Surely there still has to be some legal basis to decide an election in the courts. It can’t just be we pick our guy with no justification. I would hope the court has some shred of integrity.
Having said that, I’m not familiar with the Bush v Gore decision, what the rationale was and whether it held any water.
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The Florida Supreme Court halted the recount. In their decision, they said that there were no alternative vote counting procedures that would have allowed the recount to occur in the time frame necessary. The vote was 5-4 in favour of stopping the recount. An unofficial recount that was not legally binding was completed anyway, and it showed that Gore would have won.
It was a weak decision in my opinion, to not allow the recount. If you can't do it in a timely manner, what is the point of having recounts? Surely there would be a way to extend the time frame needed rather than just saying, no, can't do it.