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Proof Bush stole the election
This is a wonderful bit of information. I'd put it in a comment a while ago, but it deserves its own entry; it's the kind of information Democrats need to show the rest of the country just how illegitimate the Bush junta is.
It's the Florida law regarding how votes should be counted. The title links to the original statute on the official Florida state government website, so it's as well-documented as it could possibly be.
Right-wingers will find some way to spin and ignore this clear truth, but there really can't be any question any more: Florida was required by its own law to count the overvotes, and if overvotes were counted then Gore won. The conservatives on the Supreme Court really did violate their oaths of office by overturning the election and the will of the American people. Bush, of course, had already violated his oath of "office" before he'd even taken it...as well as hundreds of times afterwords, of course.
It's the Florida law regarding how votes should be counted. The title links to the original statute on the official Florida state government website, so it's as well-documented as it could possibly be.
Title IX, Ch. 101.5614
If any paper ballot is damaged or defective so that it cannot be counted properly by the automatic tabulating equipment, the ballot shall be counted manually at the counting center by the canvassing board. The totals for all such ballots or ballot cards counted manually shall be added to the totals for the several precincts or election districts. No vote shall be declared invalid or void if there is a clear indication of the intent of the voter as determined by the canvassing board. After duplicating a ballot, the defective ballot shall be placed in an envelope provided for that purpose, and the duplicate ballot shall be tallied with the other ballots for that precinct.
Right-wingers will find some way to spin and ignore this clear truth, but there really can't be any question any more: Florida was required by its own law to count the overvotes, and if overvotes were counted then Gore won. The conservatives on the Supreme Court really did violate their oaths of office by overturning the election and the will of the American people. Bush, of course, had already violated his oath of "office" before he'd even taken it...as well as hundreds of times afterwords, of course.