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Gorton loses, Gore loses
The week was full of surprises in the world of election
law and election politics and its possible everything
might change in the next minute.
Depending on who you look at it, Christmas came early or
Thanksgiving was right on time. In Washington,
Democrat Maria Cantwell came from behind to
snatch the lead in her race against Republican Senator Slade
Gorton. The results won't be official
for several days, as a recount will begin this
Wednesday.
On the Presidential side, the Florida Supreme Court
stepped into the debate and set a new deadline for
final counts from the election. As of Sunday's deadline, Vice
President Al Gore still trailed Texas Governor
George W. Bush in the fight for Florida's 25
electoral votes.
Still, Gore plans on challenging results from parts of
the state. But that might not make a difference, as the United
States Supreme Court made a surprising move and agreed
to hear Bush's challenge to the recount.
Washington State:
Gorton
still in lead (11/20)
Gorton
victory a recount away (11/21)
Did
the anti-Gorton effort have an effect? (11/21)
Gorton
election intrigue continues (11/22)
Gorton
defeated, unofficially (11/24)
The Presidency:
John
Potter: Pee Wee Bush? (11/20)
Parties
get ready for showdown (11/20)
Supreme
Court rules recounts count (11/22)
Presidential
election update (11/24)
Focus on Peltier continues
In perhaps the oddest case the entire year, a federal
judge in Oregon refused to send a Native man back to
Canada to serve the remainder of his jail sentence.
The grounds? That he was convicted of crimes of
a political nature and therefore could be exempted
from extradition.
Not only that, the judge criticized
the Canadian government for extraditing Leonard Peltier
to the United States 24 years ago under similar circumstances.
AIM co-founder Vernon Bellecourt also
asked former South African President Nelson
Mandela to urge President Bill Clinton to
grant Peltier clemency. Peltier supporters in
Denver, Colorado, held a fast on Thanksgiving Day seeking
the same.
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US
judge won't extradite Native man (11/24)
Mandela
asked to help Peltier (11/22)
Peltier
fast held in Denver (11/24)
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