WP: Legal Battle for Presidency Underway

[kskiska]

Lawsuits Over Election Rules Pending, With Both Sides Gearing Up for More

Wednesday, October 20, 2004; Page A01

The ballots have yet to be counted, much less recounted. But attorneys for President Bush and John F. Kerry are already engaged in an intense legal battle for the presidency that could once again give the courts a say in who is declared the winner.

With less than two weeks to go before Election Day, an unprecedented number of lawsuits challenging basic election rules are pending in many of the battleground states. Both sides are in the final stages of training thousands of lawyers who will descend on the polls on Nov. 2 to watch for voter fraud or intimidation.

Each campaign has teams of attorneys ready in the event of a recount in one or more states. Both are hitting up donors to pay the legal tabs in case there is a disputed outcome that leaves the winner in doubt after the polls close.

Four years after the election between Bush and then-Vice President Al Gore deadlocked in Florida and produced a 36-day legal whirlwind ultimately decided by the U.S. Supreme Court, courtroom battles have become as routine a part of the campaign as rallies and television ads.

The result, experts say, is a race shaping up to be the most litigious in U.S. history.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46230-2004Oct19.html

[kikiek]

1. If the dems learned anything from the last election is don't back down.

Someone can make a hell of a mess out of the country in four short years.

[progressivebydesign]

4. Yeah, AND don't abandon the Congressional Black Caucus!!

I was sickened to see what happened to them in F9/11. Let's hope at least ONE of our Senators has the gravitas to stand with them, should it come up that way again.

[Ima]

6. one thing I still don't understand

When the Republican were protesting over the recount. Jesse Jackson was right there, the NAACP had the infrastructure for protests. The Whites/ETC could of fell in line the Blacks and we could have counter protested. They had the organizational capabilities to get it started. I know Jackson wanted to, so why didn't we? Just for the record I'm White and would have been proud to join the protest.

[bemildred]

2. I do hope the felonious five can see by now the can of worms they opened

and that they are ready to eat all the worms soon coming their way ...

[pretzel4gore]

3. clarence thomas loves it!

he said it would take him '43 years' as a supreme court justice to 'get even' with america...geebush must enchant that vile prick!

[dflprincess]

5. Does this mean the Republicans have had to turn to

TRIAL LAWYERS?