Reply #23: I don't understand your rationale . . .

[NavajoRug]

Technically, the votes HAD been certified already. It was the Gore team that filed suit to have the certification of these votes overturned. The original deadline for certifying the votes under Florida statute was November 14th, but the Florida Supreme Court ordered the deadline to be pushed back to November 26th. This action in and of itself gives either candidate legal standing no matter how you look at it.

This whole argument falls apart under scrutiny when you consider an absurd extension of this rationale. If the Florida Supreme Court had decided to push the certification deadline back to November 26th of 2001, I think you would agree that EITHER candidate must have legal standing to challenge the ruling.