Torq, and every single politician involved in the ballot that caused the problem was a Democrat, none of whom saw any conceivable problem until the night of the election. Your point is?
Huey, let's not forget that the Democrats in Florida threw out @5000 ballots cast by servicemen overseas, because such votes were likely to lean heavily GOP. Since this was illegal, indeed, the argument used to toss these ballots had been found illegal by the Supreme Court years before and has since been reaffirmed, a recount would to be an interesting affair, since there is no way to know which individual serviceman's ballot was kept or tossed.
Can't hold a brand new election, counting 5000 votes proportional to how the average serviceman votes is NOT going to please the Democrats, what a mess.
Atreus, thank you!

This legend of the 1876 election consistently ignores the far greater crimes of the Democrats, starting with Jim Crow 'laws' being used to strip hundreds of thousands of African-American voters of their rights, not to mention some prominent Democrats, the pathetic general McCellan for one, calling for violence and civil strife 11 years after the American Civil War had ended.
In the event one member of the House AND the Senate protests the Constitution's procedure is clear:
1) The House of Representatives votes, one vote per state. In 2000 this would mean 30 Republicans and 20 Democrats. It moves to the Senate...
2) In the event that the Senate also votes for Bush, Bush wins. In the event that the House and Senate split, possible even before considering that Al Gore gets to vote in the event of a tie in the Senate, the Constitution is explicit...
3) The governor of the state in question shall determine which candidate receives the electoral votes of his state. In this case, the governor concerned is Jeb Bush.
4) The nation rejoices that the US Supreme Court didn't get involved as Jeb Bush alone decides the 2000 presidential election.
That last bit WAS a joke.
