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FOXNews.com - Politics - ACLU: Accuracy of California Recall in Danger:



The ACLU has argued that delaying the election until March will ensure the state avoids the 'hanging,' 'dimpled' and 'pregnant' chads that dominated the Florida recount and left the presidency up in the air for 35 days.
No, what left the presidency up in the air for 35 days was Gore denying reality (i.e., he lost the first count, the second count, the recount, and then the recount of the recount; in fact, he lost every count) and continually taking the matter to court. That is, he kept trying to steal the election.



Oh, things get better:



"This is not merely about a recall election," Mark Rosenbaum, legal director of the ACLU-SC, said in a statement. "This is about having every vote counted. Voting machines are the infrastructure of our democracy. Right now, the integrity of our state’s democracy is riding on the performance of these outdated, obsolete and decertified voting machines."
So how come these "outdated, obsolete and decertified voting machines" were okay last November, when they (apparently mistakenly) vote Gray into office for a second term? Oh, wait, I think I see....



Some observers have speculated that the ACLU is bringing this suit in part for political reasons. Asked why the ACLU did not bring a similar case preceding the 2002 gubernatorial race, Barankin replied: "I don’t want to speculate."
(Nathan Barankin is the California attorney general's "office spokesman.")



Ah, I see. Is there a hint of a stink to the ACLU's "unbiased" actions?



Just before in this article, Barankin said brilliantly, "But they [punch card voting machines] are a system that has been in this state for decades without Florida-like problems, and we don't see why that can't continue on October 7."



And just so you understand where the Attorney General -- and his staff -- might be standing, after last November's election, all state constitutional offices were held by Democrats.

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